divide – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of divide

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to divide sth into sth
Participle: divided sth into sth
Gerund: dividing sth into sth

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Idivide sth into sth
youdivide sth into sth
he;she;itdivides sth into sth
wedivide sth into sth
youdivide sth into sth
theydivide sth into sth

Perfect

Ihave divided sth into sth
youhave divided sth into sth
he;she;ithas divided sth into sth
wehave divided sth into sth
youhave divided sth into sth
theyhave divided sth into sth

Past

Idivided sth into sth
youdivided sth into sth
he;she;itdivided sth into sth
wedivided sth into sth
youdivided sth into sth
theydivided sth into sth

Pluperfect

Ihad divided sth into sth
youhad divided sth into sth
he;she;ithad divided sth into sth
wehad divided sth into sth
youhad divided sth into sth
theyhad divided sth into sth

Future

Iwill divide sth into sth
youwill divide sth into sth
he;she;itwill divide sth into sth
wewill divide sth into sth
youwill divide sth into sth
theywill divide sth into sth

Future Perfect

Iwill have divided sth into sth
youwill have divided sth into sth
he;she;itwill have divided sth into sth
wewill have divided sth into sth
youwill have divided sth into sth
theywill have divided sth into sth

Subjunctive

Present

Idivide sth into sth
youdivide sth into sth
he;she;itdivide sth into sth
wedivide sth into sth
youdivide sth into sth
theydivide sth into sth

Perfect

Ihave divided sth into sth
youhave divided sth into sth
he;she;ithave divided sth into sth
wehave divided sth into sth
youhave divided sth into sth
theyhave divided sth into sth

Imperfect

Idivided sth into sth
youdivided sth into sth
he;she;itdivided sth into sth
wedivided sth into sth
youdivided sth into sth
theydivided sth into sth

Pluperfect

Ihad divided sth into sth
youhad divided sth into sth
he;she;ithad divided sth into sth
wehad divided sth into sth
youhad divided sth into sth
theyhad divided sth into sth

Conditional

Present

Iwould divide sth into sth
youwould divide sth into sth
he;she;itwould divide sth into sth
wewould divide sth into sth
youwould divide sth into sth
theywould divide sth into sth

Perfect

Iwould have divided sth into sth
youwould have divided sth into sth
he;she;itwould have divided sth into sth
wewould have divided sth into sth
youwould have divided sth into sth
theywould have divided sth into sth

Imperative

youdivide sth into sth
weLet's divide sth into sth
youdivide sth into sth

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam dividing sth into sth
youare dividing sth into sth
he;she;itis dividing sth into sth
weare dividing sth into sth
youare dividing sth into sth
theyare dividing sth into sth

Perfect

Ihave been dividing sth into sth
youhave been dividing sth into sth
he;she;ithas been dividing sth into sth
wehave been dividing sth into sth
youhave been dividing sth into sth
theyhave been dividing sth into sth

Past

Iwas dividing sth into sth
youwere dividing sth into sth
he;she;itwas dividing sth into sth
wewere dividing sth into sth
youwere dividing sth into sth
theywere dividing sth into sth

Pluperfect

Ihad been dividing sth into sth
youhad been dividing sth into sth
he;she;ithad been dividing sth into sth
wehad been dividing sth into sth
youhad been dividing sth into sth
theyhad been dividing sth into sth

Future

Iwill be dividing sth into sth
youwill be dividing sth into sth
he;she;itwill be dividing sth into sth
wewill be dividing sth into sth
youwill be dividing sth into sth
theywill be dividing sth into sth

Future Perfect

Iwill have been dividing sth into sth
youwill have been dividing sth into sth
he;she;itwill have been dividing sth into sth
wewill have been dividing sth into sth
youwill have been dividing sth into sth
theywill have been dividing sth into sth

Conditional

Present

Iwould be dividing sth into sth
youwould be dividing sth into sth
he;she;itwould be dividing sth into sth
wewould be dividing sth into sth
youwould be dividing sth into sth
theywould be dividing sth into sth

Perfect

Iwould have been dividing sth into sth
youwould have been dividing sth into sth
he;she;itwould have been dividing sth into sth
wewould have been dividing sth into sth
youwould have been dividing sth into sth
theywould have been dividing sth into sth

Other

Verbs similar to 'divide'

devide, divine, decide, deride, devise, devive, diffide, discide, dive, redivide,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

divide into separate parts
separate
to identify by or divide into classes
brand, categorize, classify, compartmentalise, distribute, estimate, evaluate, gauge, judge, label, measure, peg, pigeonhole, sort, subdivide
to divide into portions and issue out
administer, allocate, allot, apportion, deal, deal out, dispart, dispend, dispense, disperse, distribute, give out, issue, mete out, parcel out, piecemeal, portion out, share, share out, sunder out
to split into two or more parts
becut, discerp, disintegrate, dispart, dissever, divorce, part, partition, piecemeal, rescind, section, sever, split, split up, sunder
separate
rend, cleave, disconnect, tear, disjoin, part, sever
distribute
parcel, apportion, deal, wall, dole, partition, portion
alienate
disunite, estrange
arrange
articulate, partition, classify, distinguish, distribute, sort

Antonyms

to make tighter
liberate, loosen, tighten
to split into two or more parts
annex, coalesce, combine, join, merge, unify, unite
to join into a single mass or whole
segregate, coalesce
To split into parts.
integrate, join
to become or remain attached
adhere, deadhere
separate
connect, combine, attach, consolidate
arrange
disarrange, disorder, derange, jumble

Additional Information

Etymology

1. c.1374, from L. dividere "to force apart, cleave, distribute," from dis- "apart" + -videre "to separate," from PIE base *widh- "to separate," related to widow; and see with. Mathematical sense is from c.1425. The noun meaning "watershed, separation between river valleys" is first recorded 1807. Divider "partition or screen," especially in a room, is from 1959. Divide and rule (1602) translates L. divide et impera, a maxim of Machiavelli.
2. Etymology tree
3. Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁
4. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-
5. Proto-Italic *dis-
6. Latin dis-
7. Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁
8. Proto-Indo-European *dwi-
9. Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-
10. Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁-der.
11. Proto-Italic *wiðō
12. Latin *vidō
13. Latin dīvidōder.
14. Middle English dividen
15. English divide
16. PIE word
17. *dwóh₁
18. From Middle English dividen, from Latin dīvidere (“to divide”). Displaced native Old English tōdǣlan related to English deal which formerly meant a “portion” or “part” of something. See: Latin 'dīvidō'.

Verbs referencing "divide"

Spanish dividir, Ido dividar.

Sample Sentences

  • Divided between our rubber and such topics as these, we were running (as we thought ) into Halifax Harbour, on the fifteenth night, with little wind and a bright moon—indeed, we had made the Light at its [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] or gentleman makes another last will—positively the last this time—conceals the same in a china teapot, and expires next day. Then it turns out, that the whole of the real and personal estate is divided between half-a-dozen charities; and that the dead and gone testator has in pure spite helped to do a great deal of good, at the cost of an immense amount of evil passion and misery. (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] gratitude and good behaviour. Instead of being parcelled out in great, long, rambling wards, where a certain amount of weazen life may mope, and pine, and shiver, all day long, the building is divided into separate rooms, each with its share of light and air. In these, the better kind of paupers live. They have a motive for exertion and becoming pride, in the desire to make these little [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] the manufacture of palm-leaf hats ), afterwards in their school, where they sang a chorus in praise of Liberty: an odd, and, one would think, rather aggravating, theme for prisoners. These boys are divided into four classes, each denoted by a numeral, worn on a badge upon the arm. On the arrival of a new-comer, he is put into the fourth or lowest class, and left, by good behaviour, to work his way up [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] the best house in those parts, and was built by an eminent merchant for his own residence. Like that institution at Boston, which I have before described, it is not parcelled out into wards, but is divided into convenient chambers, each of which has all the comforts of a very comfortable home. The principal medical attendant resides under the same roof; and were the patients members of his own [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] Capitol, are, of course, the two houses of Assembly. But there is, besides, in the centre of the building, a fine rotunda, ninety-six feet in diameter, and ninety-six high, whose circular wall is divided into compartments, ornamented by historical pictures. Four of these have for their subjects prominent events in the revolutionary struggle. They were painted by Colonel Trumbull, himself a member [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • I visited both houses nearly every day, during my stay in Washington. On my initiatory visit to the House of Representatives, they divided against a decision of the chair; but the chair won. The second time I went, the member who was speaking, being interrupted by a laugh, mimicked it, as one child would in quarrelling with another, [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • Mr. Wilson, a good-natured but extremely fidgety and cautious old gentleman, ambled up and down the room, appearing, as John Bunyan hath it, “ much tumbled up and down in his mind, ” and divided between his wish to help George, and a certain confused notion of maintaining law and order: so, as he shambled about, he delivered himself as follows: (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • A fine broad river always, but in some parts much wider than in others: and then there is usually a green island, covered with trees, dividing it into two streams. Occasionally, we stop for a few minutes, maybe to take in wood, maybe for passengers, at some small town or village (I ought to say city, every place is a city here ); but the [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • There was a gentleman on board, to whom, as I unintentionally learned through the thin partition which divided our state-room from the cabin in which he and his wife conversed together, I was unwittingly the occasion of very great uneasiness. I do n't know why or wherefore, but I appeared to run in his mind [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)