How to Use "Divide" with Example Sentences

divide (n): a difference between two things

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Used with adjectives:

"The Grand Canyon is a big divide."
(big, deep, great, sharp)

"There is a class divide in America."
(class, cultural, economic, ethnic, gender, generational, political, racial, religious)

Used with verbs:

"Their goal is to close the divide."
(close, narrow, bridge)

"Her comments created a divide between the ethnic groups."
(created)

"The politician's views have widened the economic divide in this area."
(widened)

Used with prepositions:

"There is a social divide between the rich and the poor."
(between)

divide (v): to separate things into parts; to create disagreement

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Used with adverbs:

"The parents will evenly divide their allowances."
(evenly, equally)

"She neatly divided the art supplies for the two classes."
(neatly, conveniently)

"She randomly divided the class into groups."
(randomly, roughly)

"The law will bitterly divide the people."
(bitterly, deeply, seriously, sharply, clearly)

Used with prepositions:

"We will divide the cake among us."
(among, between)

"The class will divide into two groups."
(into)

Used with nouns:

"His views could divide the country."
(country, nation)