dividing

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adjective

Serving to divide or separate.

“Dividing seven dollars among three people is difficult!”

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Meanings

adjectivedividing (not comparable)
  1. not comparableServing to divide or separate.

    We installed a dividing wall in order to create two rooms out of one.

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of divide

    Dividing seven dollars among three people is difficult!

noundividing (plural dividings)

plural dividings

  1. An act of division.

    Hence the noun also means dividing, or portion as that which is divided — whether an inheritance, or whether the dividings of spoil after battle.

    1840, Albert Barnes, Notes: Critical, Explanatory, and Practical on the Book of the Prophet Isaiah

Translations

Latin partiens, bipartiens
  • partiensof things that divide or separate
  • bipartiensof things that divide or separate
Portuguese divisor
  • divisorof things that divide or separate
Russian раздели́тельный
  • раздели́тельный (razdelítelʹnyj)of things that divide or separate

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with dividing

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APA

dividing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dividing

MLA

“dividing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dividing. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dividing,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dividing.

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