adj
Meaning 1
separated or split into pieces
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
divided
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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adj
Meaning 2
having conflicting opinions, interests or emotions
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- divided opinions
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
disunited
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- divided nation
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adj
Meaning 4
(of a road) separated into lanes, that move in opposite directions, by a median
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
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verb
Meaning 5
simple past and past participle of divide
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
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adjective
Meaning 6
separated into parts or pieces
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- opinions are divided
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: united
adjective satellite
Meaning 7
distributed in portions (often equal) on the basis of a plan or purpose
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: divided up, shared, shared out
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 8
having a median strip or island between lanes of traffic moving in opposite directions
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a divided highway
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dual-lane
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English divided, devided, devidid, past participle of Middle English dividen (“to divide”), equivalent to divide + -ed.
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Across languages
Translations
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: разделен (razdelen) — separated or split into pieces
- Esperanto: dividita — separated or split into pieces
- Finnish: jaettu — separated or split into pieces
- German: geteilt — separated or split into pieces
- Ancient Greek: σχιστός (skhistós) — separated or split into pieces
- Japanese: 分かれた (wakareta) — separated or split into pieces
- Japanese: 分裂した (bunretsu shita) — separated or split into pieces
- Latin: dīvīsus — separated or split into pieces
- Spanish: dividido — separated or split into pieces
- Swedish: delad — separated or split into pieces
- Swedish: uppdelad — separated or split into pieces
- Bulgarian: раздвоен (razdvoen) — having conflicting interests or emotions
- Spanish: dividido — having conflicting interests or emotions
- Swedish: oeniga — having conflicting interests or emotions
- Bulgarian: разединен (razedinen) — disunited
- Finnish: jakaantunut — disunited
- Finnish: hajanainen — disunited
- Spanish: dividido — disunited
- Spanish: dividido — separated into lanes, that move in opposite directions, by a median
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