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divide [dɪ'vaɪd](a) (split up → territory, property, work, inheritance) diviser; (→ kingdom) démembrer; (→ land) morceler; (→ family) diviser, désunir; (→ party) diviser, scinder;∎ to divide sth in or into two couper ou diviser qch en deux;∎ she divided the cake into six equal portions elle a partagé ou coupé le gâteau en six parts égales(b) (share out) partager, répartir;∎ she divided the cake equally among the children elle a partagé le gâteau en parts égales entre les enfants;∎ they divided the work between them ils se sont partagé ou réparti le travail;∎ he divides his time between the office and home il partage son temps entre le bureau et la maison(c) (separate) séparer;∎ to divide sth from sth séparer qch de qch;∎ the Berlin Wall used to divide East and West le mur de Berlin séparait l'Est de l'Ouest(d) Mathematics diviser;∎ to divide 10 by 2 diviser 10 par 2;∎ 40 divided by 5 equals 8 40 divisé par 5 égale 8(e) (disunite → family, party) diviser∎ to divide the House faire voter la Chambre(a) (cells, group of people, novel) se diviser;∎ Politics a policy of divide and rule une politique consistant à diviser pour régner;∎ the class divided into groups la classe s'est divisée ou répartie en groupes(b) (river, road) se séparer(c) Mathematics diviser;∎ we're learning to divide nous apprenons à faire des divisions;∎ 10 divides by 2 10 est divisible par 2, 10 est un multiple de 2∎ the House divided on the question la Chambre a voté sur la question3 noun∎ the North-South divide la division Nord-Sud∎ the Great or Continental Divide la ligne de partage des eaux des Rocheuses;∎ to cross the Great Divide (die) passer de vie à trépasséparer;∎ to divide sth off from sth séparer qch de qchpartager, répartir;∎ to divide sth out between or among people partager qch entre des gensse diviserdiviser;∎ they divided the area/work up between them ils se sont partagés le secteur/travail
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