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Is divide a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word divide is a Scrabble US word. The word divide is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Is divide a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word divide is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

D2I1V4I1D2E1

Is divide a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word divide is a Words With Friends word. The word divide is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (2 found)

DIVIDE,DIVIED,

5-letter words (3 found)

DIDIE,DIVED,IVIED,

4-letter words (7 found)

DEID,DEVI,DIED,DIVE,DIVI,VIDE,VIED,

3-letter words (8 found)

DEI,DEV,DID,DIE,DIV,IDE,VID,VIE,

2-letter words (4 found)

DE,DI,ED,ID,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 25 words from divide according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of divide

divide

Etymology

From Middle English dividen, from Latin dīvidere (“to divide”). Displaced native Old English tōdǣlan.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /dɪˈvaɪd/
  • Rhymes: -aɪd

Verb

divide (third-person singular simple present divides, present participle dividing, simple past and past participle divided)

  1. (transitive) To split or separate (something) into two or more parts.
    Synonyms: cut up, disunite, partition, split, split up
    Antonyms: combine, merge, unify, unite
  2. (transitive) To share (something) by dividing it.
    Synonyms: divvy up, divide up, share, share out
  3. (transitive) To cause (a group of people) to disagree.
  4. (transitive, arithmetic, 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).
    Antonym: multiply
  5. (transitive, arithmetic) To be a divisor of.
  6. (intransitive) To separate into two or more parts.
    Synonyms: separate, shear, split, split up
  7. (intransitive, biology) Of a cell, to reproduce by dividing.
  8. To disunite in opinion or interest; to make discordant or hostile; to set at variance.
  9. (obsolete) To break friendship; to fall out.
  10. (obsolete) To have a share; to partake.
  11. To vote, as in the British parliament and other legislatures, by the members separating themselves into two parties (as on opposite sides of the hall or in opposite lobbies), that is, the ayes dividing from the noes.
  12. To mark divisions on; to graduate.
  13. (music) To play or sing in a florid style, or with variations.

Derived terms

Related terms

  • (act of dividing): division
  • (the sum being divided; the upper term in a fraction): dividend
  • (the number of parts in a division; the lower term in a fraction): divisor
  • divisive

Translations

See also

  • fraction, fraction slash, ⁄, fraction bar, vinculum (Australia)
  • ratio, ∶ (also improperly :)
  • (product of division): quotient
  • (extra amount left by uneven division): remainder
  • division sign, obelus, ÷
  • division slash, ∕ (also improperly /)
  • long division symbol, division bracket, )‾ or |‾

Noun

divide (plural divides)

  1. A thing that divides.
  2. An act of dividing.
  3. A distancing between two people or things.
  4. (geography) A large chasm, gorge, or ravine between two areas of land.
  5. (hydrology) The topographical boundary dividing two adjacent catchment basins, such as a ridge or a crest.

Translations

References

  • “divide”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

  • divied

Galician

Verb

divide

  1. inflection of dividir:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /diˈvi.de/
  • Rhymes: -ide
  • Hyphenation: di‧vì‧de

Verb

divide

  1. third-person singular present indicative of dividere

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈdiː.u̯i.de/, [ˈd̪iːu̯ɪd̪ɛ]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈdi.vi.de/, [ˈd̪iːvid̪e]

Verb

dīvide

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of dīvidō

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: di‧vi‧de

Verb

divide

  1. inflection of dividir:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dividere.

Verb

a divide (third-person singular present divide, past participle not used) 3rd conj.

  1. (transitive, reflexive) to divide
    Synonyms: diviza, împărți

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /diˈbide/ [d̪iˈβ̞i.ð̞e]
  • Rhymes: -ide
  • Syllabification: di‧vi‧de

Verb

divide

  1. inflection of dividir:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Source: wiktionary.org