Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Separated into parts or pieces.
- adjective Being in a state of disagreement or disunity.
- adjective Moved by conflicting interests, emotions, or activities.
- adjective Separated by distance.
- adjective Having the lanes for opposing traffic separated.
- adjective Botany Having indentations extending to the midrib or base and forming distinct lobes.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In phonology, applied to a consonant, as l, formed with the mouth-passage divided in the middle by the tongue pressed against the gum or palate.
- Parted; separated; disunited; distributed: as, a divided hoof; a divided estate.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Parted; disunited; distributed.
- adjective (Bot.) Cut into distinct parts, by incisions which reach the midrib; -- said of a leaf.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
divide . - adjective
separated orsplit into pieces - adjective having
conflicting interests or emotions - adjective
disunited - adjective US (of a road) separated into
lanes , that move in opposite directions, by amedian
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having a median strip or island between lanes of traffic moving in opposite directions
- adjective distributed in portions (often equal) on the basis of a plan or purpose
- adjective separated into parts or pieces
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Examples
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'A house divided against itself, 'or, rather, _in_ itself,' cannot stand; 'and it _is_ divided against itself if there be a _divided authority_.
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17 But he, knowing their thoughts, said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and a house _divided_ against a house falleth.
The Gospel of Luke, An Exposition Charles Rosenbury Erdman 1913
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Years ago, the brothers promised their mother they would never fight one another—and a title divided between champions who won't compete can't help shore up the wobbly heavyweight division.
The Last Title Never Won by a Klitschko Gordon Marino 2011
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Coach Hager as great as his staff will take something certain divided from the William & Mary diversion as great as demeanour to build as great as reanimate during the bye week as great as hope for for Towson when the Tigers revisit Parson Field in dual weeks.
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Coach Hager as great as his staff will take something certain divided from the William & Mary diversion as great as demeanour to build as great as reanimate during the bye week as great as hope for for Towson when the Tigers revisit Parson Field in dual weeks.
The CAA Today: Road Warriors admin 2009
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These days, the phrase "divided government" could just as easily apply to the Federal Reserve.
An Empty Toolbox at the Federal Reserve Kelly Evans 2011
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CHICAGO — Illinois state Sen. James Meeks withdrew his candidacy for Chicago mayor on Thursday, and he urged other African-American candidates to follow his lead and rally what he called a divided black community around a single candidate.
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CHICAGO — Illinois state Sen. James Meeks withdrew his candidacy for Chicago mayor on Thursday, and he urged other African-American candidates to follow his lead and rally what he called a divided black community around a single candidate.
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CHICAGO — Illinois state Sen. James Meeks withdrew his candidacy for Chicago mayor on Thursday, and he urged other African-American candidates to follow his lead and rally what he called a divided black community around a single candidate.
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Dowd cites what he calls a divided and polarized electorate.
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