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Meanings of divide in English

Portuguese
cumeeira
Catalan
línia divisòria

A ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems.

cumeeira
Portuguese
dividir-se
Catalan
dividir-se
Spanish
partir

Separate into parts or portions.

dividir-se
Synonyms
Examples for "watershed"
Examples for "watershed"
1
This year, especially, could mark a watershed moment in the political arena.
The South African
2
Deputy Commissioner Wally Haumaha is calling the new strategy a watershed moment.
Radio NZ
3
Says O'Connor: Now is a watershed moment for Ireland on insurance reform.
The Irish Times
4
The rout in European financial markets last week was a watershed event.
The Irish Times
5
This week has been a watershed moment for the discourse on alcohol.
The South African
1
With little difficulty they transported their canoe across the water parting to the Peace River.
Pioneers in Canada
2
The Witwatersrand (White River Slope) is a slight elevation, the water parting between rivers, about one and a half miles wide and 125 miles long.
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Portuguese
dividir
Catalan
fraccionar
Spanish
dividir

Perform a division.

dividir

Operation of a division.

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Usage of divide in English
1
Events in Europe suggest IS is failing in its mission to divide.
Reuters
2
The main issues are the economy, jobs and the growing wealth divide.
Reuters
3
Yet economics only goes some way to explaining the new cultural divide.
The Guardian
4
Political scientists have been aware of the growing education divide for decades.
The Guardian
5
We divide that day into smaller fractions: the hour, minute, and second.
Wired
6
How, for example, should you best divide up that prized growing space?
The Irish Times
7
However, private equity firms are looking at ways to bridge the divide.
Reuters
8
The treaty set the boundaries that still divide Belgium from the Netherlands.
Reuters
9
In this case there are no differences of opinion to divide us.
The girl who kicked the hornet's nest
10
Multiple treatments could also divide the market between many players, investors said.
Reuters
11
So if you break that down, divide by 365 days a year.
The new yorker
12
Have no fear; in life or in death none shall divide us.
Red Eve
13
Every hurricane season, news reports divide the country's coast into two camps.
Wired
14
They basically admitted that their campaign to divide South Africans was 'offensive'.
The South African
15
A divide that causes confusion and fear instead of hope and security.
The South African
16
Allow the custard to cool completely, and divide into 5 equal parts.
The South African
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Translations for divide
Divide through the time
Divide across language varieties
South Africa
Common
Australia
Common
New Zealand
Common
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