🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

Dividere

Pronunciation / Transliteration: dee-vee-deh-reh

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Divide/dɪˈvaɪd/
verbCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #800 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Dobbiamo dividere i compiti."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To separate or be separated into parts or groups.

    "The teacher asked the students to divide into smaller groups for the project."
  2. 2

    To share or distribute something among a number of people.

    "They decided to divide the profits equally among all the partners."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'divide' originates from the Latin 'dividere', which means 'to separate or distribute'. It entered Middle English through Old French 'diviser' in the 14th century, evolving to encompass both mathematical and metaphorical separations.

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