Collocations for "divided"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "divided" in context.
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divide
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- divide (it) [evenly, fairly, equally]
- divide it (up) [evenly]
- divide up the [work, task, cake]
- divide the [work] up
- the [work] was divided up
- divided between the [students, children, employees]
- divide out the [candy, profits]
- divided the [class, company, room] in [two]
- divide into [groups, parts, categories]
- divided into fractions
- divide by [two]
- [add, subtract, multiply] or divide
- divide [100, that number] by [five]
- [100] divided by [five] is [20]
- how many times does [10] divide into [100]?
- [12] does not divide (evenly) into [145]
- divide by [color, size, type]
- issue (is) dividing the [nation, community]
- has divided the [country, people, nation]
- were divided over the [issue, solution]
- divided on the [issue]
- [opinion, the nation] is divided on [the issue, whether]
- [opinion] is divided as to [whether]
- has [traditionally, always] been divided (into)
- divide and conquer
- divided along the [line, river, border]
- the [North/South, Right/Left] divide
- the divide between (the) [North and South]
- a [long, deep, great] divide
- a [social, cultural, political] divide
- the divide that exists between
- a divide on the issues (of)
- a divide grew between them
- is a divide between them
- is a divide in opinion [on, about]
- is a growing divide between
- reduce the divide between
- across the Great Divide
- need to [straddle, cross] the divide
- a divide in the [road, path]
'divided' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):