divide – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of divide

Nominal Forms

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

Cognates

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Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperfect

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

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

youdivide off sth
weLet's divide off sth
youdivide off sth

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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