word-vault

{ "term": "divide", "partOfSpeech": "verb", "ox3000": true, "cefr": "b1", "verbForms": { "presentSimple": { "iYouWeThey": "divide", "heSheIt": "divides" }, "pastSimple": "divided", "pastParticiple": "divided", "ingForm": "dividing" }, "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "to separate into parts; to make something separate into parts", "sensetop": "divide into somethingdivide updivide something (into something)divide something up (into something)", "cefr": "b1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "The cells began to divide rapidly." }, { "text": "The questions divide into two categories: easy and hard.", "contextForm": "divide into something" }, { "text": "After lunch we divided up for group discussions.", "contextForm": "divide up" }, { "text": "I divided the class into four groups.", "contextForm": "divide something (into something)" }, { "text": "Divide the dough into four pieces." }, { "text": "The book is divided into 11 sections." }, { "text": "A sentence can be divided up into meaningful segments.", "contextForm": "divide something up (into something)" }, { "text": "Railway enthusiasts divide neatly into two groups." }, { "text": "We have divided the topics into three categories." }, { "text": "The study divided consumers into five groups." }, { "text": "Films tend to divide into two categories: ‘art-house’ and ‘commercial’." }, { "text": "The performance is divided into six parts." }, { "text": "The children divided into three teams." }, { "text": "The country is divided up into nine regions." }, { "text": "They were randomly divided into three groups." }, { "text": "This report is divided broadly into two parts." }, { "text": "First, divide the class into two groups." }, { "text": "The city was divided into four sectors." }, { "text": "Flimsy partitions divided up the gallery into claustrophobic rooms." }, { "text": "We decided to divide the space with screens." } ], "synonyms": "split up", "topics": ["Biology"], "collocations": { "adverb": ["broadly", "roughly", "exactly"], "preposition": ["into"], "phrases": ["divide in two"] } }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "to separate something into parts and give a share to each of a number of different people, etc.", "sensetop": "divide somethingdivide something updivide something (up) between somebodydivide something (up) among somebody", "cefr": "b1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "They could not agree on how to divide the land." }, { "text": "Jack divided up the rest of the cash.", "contextForm": "divide something up" }, { "text": "We divided the work between us.", "contextForm": "divide something (up) between somebody" }, { "text": "Profits were divided up among the staff.", "contextForm": "divide something (up) among somebody" }, { "text": "The money was divided equally among his sons." }, { "text": "The story is about a father who divides his property among his sons." }, { "text": "Space is divided according to the needs of individual departments." }, { "text": "Most of the collection was divided among the city's museums." }, { "text": "They carefully divided up the cost of the vacations they took together." }, { "text": "The exhibition features the work of 60 artists, evenly divided between well-known and less-familiar figures." } ], "synonyms": "share (3)", "collocations": { "adverb": ["equally"], "preposition": ["among", "between"] } }, { "senseNumber": 3, "definition": "to use different parts of your time, energy, etc. for different activities, etc.", "sensetop": "divide somethingdivide something between A and B", "cefr": "b1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "As working parents we think carefully about how we divide our time.", "contextForm": "divide something" }, { "text": "He divides his energies between politics and business.", "contextForm": "divide something between A and B" }, { "text": "They divided their time between London and Boston." }, { "text": "They divide their time between New York and their ranch in New Mexico." }, { "text": "Her mentor advised her to divide her efforts 80–20, with 80% going to research, and 20% to teaching." }, { "text": "The children of divorced parents may divide their loyalties between them." }, { "text": "He divides his year between the University of Houston and Florida State University." } ], "collocations": { "adverb": ["equally"], "preposition": ["among", "between"] } }, { "senseNumber": 4, "definition": "to separate into two or more parts that lead in different directions", "sensetop": "divide into something", "cefr": "b1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "Where the path divides, keep right." }, { "text": "The river divides into several channels.", "contextForm": "divide into something" }, { "text": "Just past the bridge, the paths divide." }, { "text": "There's a signpost where the road divides." }, { "text": "The nearest restaurant is located opposite, just before the road divides." }, { "text": "He overtook at the point where the road divides into two lanes." }, { "text": "Here the river divides into four separate streams." }, { "text": "Streams divide and unite across the plain." } ], "topics": ["Transport by car or lorry"] }, { "senseNumber": 5, "definition": "to separate two people or things", "sensetop": "divide A from B", "labels": "(formal)", "examples": [ { "text": "Can it ever be right to divide a mother from her child?" }, { "text": "The landowners were divided from the mass of poor peasants who lived in the surrounding area." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 6, "definition": "to be the real or imaginary line or barrier that separates two people or things", "sensetop": "divide something (off)divide A from B", "examples": [ { "text": "A fence divides off the western side of the grounds.", "contextForm": "divide something (off)" }, { "text": "The English Channel divides England from France.", "contextForm": "divide A from B" }, { "text": "A low wall divides the patio from the rest of the garden." }, { "text": "Britain is divided from the rest of Europe by the English Channel." }, { "text": "the mountains which divide Europe from Asia" } ], "synonyms": "separate" }, { "senseNumber": 7, "definition": "to find out how many times one number is contained in another", "sensetop": "divide something by somethingdivide by something", "cefr": "b1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "30 divided by 6 is 5 *(= 30 ÷ 6 = 5)*.", "contextForm": "divide something by something" }, { "text": "It's easy to divide by ten.", "contextForm": "divide by something" }, { "text": "The children are learning how to multiply and divide." } ], "topics": ["Maths and measurement"] }, { "senseNumber": 8, "definition": "to be able to be multiplied to give another number", "sensetop": "divide (something) into something", "cefr": "b1", "examples": [ { "text": "5 divides into 30 6 times." } ], "topics": ["Maths and measurement"] }, { "senseNumber": 9, "definition": "to make people disagree", "sensetop": "divide somebody/somethingbe divided on/over something", "cefr": "b2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "to **divide the nation/country**", "contextForm": "divide somebody/something" }, { "text": "This issue has bitterly divided the community." }, { "text": "The building **divides opinion** *(= some people like it and some do not)*." }, { "text": "The party is **deeply divided** on this question.", "contextForm": "be divided on/over something" }, { "text": "to be evenly/sharply divided over the issue" }, { "text": "The issue has divided the government." }, { "text": "The presidential elections divided the nation." }, { "text": "a country divided by war" }, { "text": "The case divided the New York art world at the time." }, { "text": "a society that was divided along sectarian lines" }, { "text": "an issue that threatens to divide society" }, { "text": "I will not allow this to divide our family." }, { "text": "Scholarly opinion is evenly divided on whether the portrait is of a Hellenistic prince or a Roman general." } ], "synonyms": "split (3)", "topics": ["Opinion and argument"], "collocations": { "adverb": ["bitterly", "deeply", "seriously"], "phrases": [ "be divided about something", "be divided on something", "be divided over something" ] } }, { "senseNumber": 10, "definition": "to disagree", "sensetop": "(+ adv./prep.)", "examples": [ { "text": "Communities frequently divided along religious lines." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to keep control over people by making them disagree with and fight each other, therefore not giving them the chance to join together and oppose you", "examples": [ { "text": "a policy of divide and rule" } ], "topics": ["Opinion and argument"] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to divide something into two equal parts; to divide into two equal parts", "examples": [ { "text": "The country was split down the middle over the strike *(= half supported it, half did not)*." }, { "text": "Divide the cake down the middle." }, { "text": "It would seem the community has divided down the middle, with some favouring expansion and some dead set against it." } ] } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/dɪˈvaɪd/", "audio": "di/divide/divide__gb_2.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/dɪˈvaɪdz/", "audio": "di/divide/divides__gb_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/dɪˈvaɪdɪd/", "audio": "di/divide/divided__gb_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/dɪˈvaɪdɪŋ/", "audio": "di/divide/dividing__gb_1.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/dɪˈvaɪd/", "audio": "di/divide/divide__us_2.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/dɪˈvaɪdz/", "audio": "di/divide/divides__us_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/dɪˈvaɪdɪd/", "audio": "di/divide/divided__us_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/dɪˈvaɪdɪŋ/", "audio": "di/divide/dividing__us_1.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": "Middle English (as a verb): from Latin dividere ‘force apart, remove’. The noun dates from the mid 17th cent." }