divide up

verb

To divide, particularly into separate shares for distribution.

“divide up the cake into 5 equal parts”

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divide
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Meanings

verbdivide up (third-person singular simple present divides up, present participle dividing up, simple past and past participle divided up)

present singular third person divides up · participle present dividing up · participle past divided up · past divided up

  1. transitiveTo divide, particularly into separate shares for distribution.

    divide up the cake into 5 equal parts

    1 more example

    Grace and her twin brother Gilbert (Kodi Smit-McPhee) lost their mother during birth, and their alcoholic father during their hardscrabble childhood. The pair are divided up by social services, Grace sent to one side of the continent, Gilbert to the other.

    2024 October 23, Jacob Oller, “Clay weepy Memoir Of A Snail crawls through a gauntlet of misery”, in AV Club

    Synonyms: divide

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo divide, particularly into separate shares for distribution.

Similar
divide
Also see
divideportion

Translations

Polish dzielić, podzielić
  • dzielićto divide up
  • podzielićto divide up
  • rozdzielaćto divide up
  • rozdzielićto divide up
  • wydzielaćto divide up
  • wydzielićto divide up
Cite this entry
APA

divide up. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/divide%20up

MLA

“divide up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/divide%20up. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “divide up,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/divide%20up.

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