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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
divide
div·ide [divide divides divided dividing] verb, noun BrE [dɪˈvaɪd] NAmE [dɪˈvaɪd]
verb
SEPARATE
1. intransitive, transitive to separate or make sth separate into parts
Syn: ↑split up
•~ (up) (into sth) The cells began to divide rapidly.
•~ sth (up) (into sth) A sentence can be divided up into meaningful segments.
2. transitive to separate sth into parts and give a share to each of a number of different people, etc.
Syn: ↑share
•~ sth (up/out) Jack divided up the rest of the cash.
•~ sth (up/out) between/among sb We divided the work between us.
3. transitive ~ sth (between A and B) to use different parts of your time, energy, etc. for different activities, etc
• He divides his energies between politics and business.
4. transitive ~ A from B (formal)to separate two people or things
• Can it ever be right to divide a mother from her child?
5. transitive ~ sth (off) | ~ A from B to be the real or imaginary line or barrier that separates two people or things
Syn: ↑separate
• A fence divides off the western side of the grounds.
• The English Channel divides England from France.
6. intransitive (of a road)to separate into two parts that lead in different directions
• Where the path divides, keep right.
CAUSE DISAGREEMENT
7. transitive ~ sb/sth to make two or more people disagree
Syn: ↑split
• The issue has divided the government.
MATHEMATICS
8. transitive, intransitive ~ (sth) by sth to find out how many times one number is contained in another
•30 divided by 6 is 5 (30 ÷ 6 = 5).
9. intransitive, transitive ~ (sth) into sth to be able to be multiplied to give another number
•5 divides into 30 6 times.
more at split/divide sth down the middle at ↑middle n.
Verb forms: 
Word Origin:
Middle English (as a verb): from Latin dividere ‘force apart, remove’. The noun dates from the mid 17th cent.
Thesaurus:
divide verb
1. I, T
•The report is divided into three parts.
split • • break (sth) up • • split (sb) up • • cut sth up • • separate (sth) out • • subdivide •
divide/break/split/cut sth up
divide/split/break up/subdivide sth into parts
divide/split/split up/subdivide sth into groups
Divide, split or break up? Divide is slightly more formal. Things often break up because people or circumstances have forced them to. When sth has broken up it is no longer one whole thing
•The empire was broken up into four parts (= it was no longer one empire).
• The empire was divided/split into different parts (= it was still one empire but contained separate areas).
Things usually divide or split because it is natural for them to do so.
2. T
•King Lear divided his kingdom between his daughters.
share • • split • |disapproving carve sth up •
divide/share/split/carve up sth between/among different people
divide/share/split the money/work
divide/split your time
Divide, share or split? Things are shared between people; things are divided between people, uses or places; things are split between people, things or places. Divide is often used about very important things; share is used about less important things:
•He shared his sweets out among his friends.
✗ He divided his sweets among his friends.
3. T
•The issue has bitterly divided the community.
split • • separate • • come between sb and sb • • alienate • |formal be/become estranged •
be divided/split over sth
increasingly divided/split/separated/alienated/estranged
deeply divided/split
Divide or split? Divide suggests a disagreement between two or more people that may be temporary; split suggests it may be permanent.
Word Family:
divide verb noun
division noun
divisive adjective
Example Bank:
•Board members were deeply divided on the issue.
•Railway enthusiasts divide neatly into two groups.
•The children divided into three teams.
•The country is divided up into nine regions.
•The fragile peace has deteriorated in this ethnically divided city.
•The money was divided equally among his sons.
•They divided their time between London and Boston.
•They were randomly divided into three groups.
•This issue has bitterly divided the community.
•This report is divided broadly into two parts.
•the mountains which divide Europe from Asia
•the point where the river divides in two
•A low wall divides the patio from the rest of the garden.
•Britain is divided from the rest of Europe by the English Channel.
•First, divide the class into two groups.
•Jen divided up the rest of the cash.
•The city was divided into four sectors.
•The government is divided on the question of tax cuts.
•The landowners were divided from the mass of poor peasants who lived in the surrounding area.
•The story is about a father who divides his property among his sons.
•They divide their time between New York and their ranch in New Mexico.
Idiom: ↑divide and rule
noun usually singular
DIFFERENCE
1. a difference between two groups of people that separates them from each other
•the North/South divide
•~ between A and B the divide between Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland
BETWEEN RIVERS
2. (especially NAmE)a line of high land that separates two systems of rivers
Syn: ↑watershed
see bridge the gap/gulf/divide at ↑bridge v.
Word Origin:
Middle English (as a verb): from Latin dividere ‘force apart, remove’. The noun dates from the mid 17th cent.
Word Family:
divide verb noun
division noun
divisive adjective
Example Bank:
•The leader's speech aimed to close the embarrassing divide in party ranks.
•a divide separating those who have access to computers and those who don't
•a style which straddles the divide between classic and modern
•advice on bridging cultural divides
•attempts to address the racial divide in this country
•policies which have widened the divide between rich and poor
•the digital divide between people with access to technology and those without
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