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divides

The correct spelling is divides.

How to pronounce divides

noun

Say it like: Div-ide-s

The correct spelling is divides. A thing that divides. For example: "Stay on your side of the divide, please."

Usage Examples

Stay on your side of the divide, please.

The divide left most of the good land on my share of the property.

There is a great divide between us.

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A thing that divides.
  2. 2.An act of dividing.
  3. 3.A distancing between two people or things.
  4. 4.A large chasm, gorge, or ravine between two areas of land.
  5. 5.The topographical boundary dividing two adjacent catchment basins, such as a ridge or a crest.

verb

  1. 1.To split or separate (something) into two or more parts.
  2. 2.To share (something) by dividing it.
  3. 3.(with by) To calculate the number (the quotient) by which you must multiply one given number (the divisor) to produce a second given number (the dividend).
  4. 4.To be a divisor of.
  5. 5.To separate into two or more parts.

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