divide
US /dɪˈvaɪd/
Definition
separate into parts or portions
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
We will divide the work equally among the five team members.
Word Family
Synonyms
- splitextending the legs at right angles to the trunk (one in front and the other in back)
- separatea separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication
Collocations
- Easy divide the cake equallyto divide the cake equally, meaning to separate into parts or portions
- Medium divide tasks among team membersto divide tasks among team members, meaning to separate into parts or portions
- Hard ideological issues that deeply divide votersdescribing ideological issues that deeply divide voters (of or pertaining to or characteristic of an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation)
- Very Hard bridge the deep economic divideto bridge the deep economic divide, meaning to connect or reduce the distance between
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