Definitions for divided

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divided di·vid·ed

Spelling: [dih-vahy-did]

IPA: /dɪˈvaɪ dɪd/

Divided is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 38 anagrams from letters in divided (dddeiiv).

Definitions for divided

noun

1. a division:
2. Physical Geography. the line or zone of higher ground between two adjacent streams or drainage basins.
3. Archaic. the act of dividing.

adjective

1. separated; separate.
2. disunited.
3. shared; apportioned.
4. (of a leaf) cut into distinct portions by incisions extending to the midrib or base.

verb (used with object)

1. to separate into parts, groups, sections, etc.
2. to separate or part from something else; sunder; cut off.
3. to deal out in parts; distribute in shares; apportion.
4. to cleave; part.
5. to separate in opinion or feeling; cause to disagree:
6. to distinguish the kinds of; classify.
7. Mathematics. to separate into equal parts by the process of mathematical division; apply the mathematical process of division to: to be a divisor of, without a remainder.
8. to mark a uniform scale on (a ruler, thermometer, etc.).
9. British Government. to separate (a legislature, assembly, etc.) into two groups in ascertaining the vote on a question.

verb (used without object)

1. to become divided or separated.
2. to share something with others.
3. to diverge; branch; fork:
4. to perform the mathematical process of division:
5. British Government. to vote by separating into two groups.

Origin of divided

First recorded in 1555-65; divide + -ed²

Examples for divided

One to me, one to you and one to be divided up among the others.

So we voice our hope and our belief that we can help to heal this divided world.

In this case the indication of the pointer must be divided by ten.

The country is divided, sharply and unrelentingly, over the same questions.

As we enter the waning years of the Obama Administration, America remains as divided as ever on matters of race.

There they sat down around a council table, and there they divided the spoils.

divided and drained by war, Syrian Christians are determined to celebrate for the first time in four years.

The House divided and the government were left in a minority of nineteen.

But one sequence in particular has divided audiences squarely in half.

If you look at the history, you can really understand why the parties are so divided and why the public is so split.