Antonyms for dividing
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : dih-vahyd |
| Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈvaɪd |
Definition of dividing
Origin :- early 14c., from Latin dividere "to force apart, cleave, distribute," from dis- "apart" (see dis-) + -videre "to separate," from PIE root *weidh- "to separate" (see widow; also see with).
- Mathematical sense is from early 15c. Divide and rule (c.1600) translates Latin divide et impera, a maxim of Machiavelli. Related: Divided; dividing.
- verb separate, disconnect
- verb distribute
- verb put in order; classify
- verb disagree, alienate
- So we stood for a little while at the dividing line between the future and the past.
- Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
- It was as though I stood on the dividing ridge between the old and the new.
- Extract from : « The Forest » by Stewart Edward White
- The Queen of Heaven may often be seen standing in the skies, dividing the wind with her sword.
- Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
- It was particularly at this time that he talked of dividing and sharing the riches of the wealthy.
- Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola
- It was little Esther Tidditt who laid the coping of the dividing wall.
- Extract from : « Fair Harbor » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
- No one could quarrel with the Dorians for dividing the territory, and they had no debts of long standing.
- Extract from : « Laws » by Plato
- But between them, and dividing them, stalked the spectre of himself.
- Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine
- She was the heroine of the day, dividing honors with its hero.
- Extract from : « The Princess Virginia » by C. N. Williamson
- Here also is the dividing line between the states of Puebla and Vera Cruz.
- Extract from : « Aztec Land » by Maturin M. Ballou
- "Perhaps," said she, slowly, and dividing the syllables as she spoke them.
- Extract from : « Barrington » by Charles James Lever
Synonyms for dividing
- abscind
- allocate
- allot
- apportion
- arrange
- articulate
- bisect
- branch
- break
- break down
- break up
- carve
- categorize
- cause to disagree
- chop
- cleave
- come between
- cross
- cut
- cut in
- cut one in
- cut up
- deal
- deal out
- demarcate
- detach
- dichotomize
- differ
- disaccord
- disburse
- disengage
- disentangle
- dish out
- disjoin
- dislocate
- dismember
- dispense
- disperse
- dissect
- dissent
- dissever
- dissociate
- dissolve
- disunite
- divorce
- divvy up
- dole out
- estrange
- factor
- fork out
- go fifty-fifty
- grade
- group
- halve
- hand out
- hand over
- intersect
- isolate
- loose
- lot out
- measure out
- parcel
- part
- partition
- piece up
- pit against
- portion
- prorate
- pull away
- quarter
- quota
- ration
- rend
- rupture
- section
- segment
- segregate
- separate
- set against
- set at odds
- sever
- share
- shear
- shell out
- shift
- slice
- slice up
- sort
- sow dissension
- split
- split up
- subdivide
- sunder
- tear
- unbind
- undo
- vary
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