verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/vaɪd/
Received-Pronunciation:vīd
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rhymes with -aɪd
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈvaɪdi/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈvɪdi/
Received-Pronunciation:vī′dē
Received-Pronunciation:vĭd′ē
General-American:/ˈvidi/
General-American:/ˈvideɪ/
General-American:vē′dē
General-American:vē′dā
rhymes with -aɪdi
rhymes with -ɪdi
rhymes with -eɪ
CMU ARPABET:V AY1 D
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
verb
Meaning 1
Clipping of divide (to split or separate into two or more parts.).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
verb
Meaning 2
Clipping of divide! (an order for the members of a legislative assembly to divide into two groups [the ayes and the nays] for the counting of the members’ votes).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
Qualifier: parliamentary jargon
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
verb
Meaning 3
A remark directing the reader to look to the specified place for epexegesis; see; consult; refer to.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: imperative, singular, verb
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
See divide.
From Latin vidē (“see (thou)”), second-person singular imperative of videō (“to see”).