divide

1. 1.

   a serious disagreement between two groups of people (typically producing tension or hostility)

   Broaderdisagreement
2. 2.

   a ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems

   Synonymswatershedwater parting

   Broaderline

   Narrowercontinental divideGreat Divide

Other forms of divide

plural

divides·

past tense

divided·

present participle

dividing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about divide

What does divide mean?

divide means "separate into parts or portions". That is the primary sense; the word has 8 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in divide?

divide has 2 syllables: di-vide. The stress falls on "vide". In IPA it is /dɪˈvaɪd/.

What is another word for divide?

Close synonyms include split, split up, separate, dissever, carve up. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of divide?

The recorded antonyms are unite, multiply.

Is divide a common word?

divide is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with divide?

2 words rhyme with divide. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.