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divided

verb

  1. To split or separate (something) into two or more parts.

    "a wall divides two houses; a stream divides the towns"

  2. To share (something) by dividing it.

    "How shall we divide this pie?"

  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).

    "If you divide 6 by 3, you get 2."

Synonymsseparate, shear, split, split up, divide up, divvy up
Antonymsmultiply, combine, merge, unify, unite
adjective

  1. Separated or split into pieces

  2. Having conflicting interests or emotions

  3. Disunited

Antonymscombined, undivided, unified

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