undivided

(ˌʌndɪˈvaɪdɪd)

adj

1. not divided into parts or groups

2. concentrated on one object, idea, etc: undivided attention.

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Adj.	1.	undivided - not parted by conflict of opinion; "presented an undivided front" united - characterized by unity; being or joined into a single entity; "presented a united front"
	2.	undivided - not shared by or among others; "undivided responsibility" unshared - not shared
	3.	undivided - not divided among or brought to bear on more than one object or objective; "judging a contest with a single eye"; "a single devotion to duty"; "undivided affection"; "gained their exclusive attention" exclusive, single concentrated - gathered together or made less diffuse; "their concentrated efforts"; "his concentrated attention"; "concentrated study"; "a narrow thread of concentrated ore"
	4.	undivided - not separated into parts or shares; constituting an undivided unit; "an undivided interest in the property"; "a full share" whole - including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete; "gave his whole attention"; "a whole wardrobe for the tropics"; "the whole hog"; "a whole week"; "the baby cried the whole trip home"; "a whole loaf of bread"

undivided

adjective

1. complete, full, whole, total, entire, concentrated, exclusive, thorough, wholehearted, undistracted Adults rarely give the television their undivided attention.

2. united, whole, entire, unanimous, concerted, solid Mandela said, 'We want a united, undivided South Africa.'

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undivided

adjective

Not diffused or dispersed:

concentrated, exclusive, intensive, unswerving, whole.

Translations

كامِل، كُلّي

plnýsoustředěný

udelt

ungeteilt

óskiptur

completo indiviso

sutelktas

nedalītsviss

undivided

[ˈʌndɪˈvaɪdɪd] ADJ

1. (= wholehearted) [admiration] → sin reservas
I want your undivided attention → quiero que me prestes toda tu atención

2. (= not split) [country, institution] → íntegro, entero

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undivided

[ˌʌndɪˈvaɪdɪd] adj

(= total) [attention, concentration] → plein(e) et entier/ière
to have sb's undivided attention → avoir toute l'attention de qn, avoir l'attention pleine et entière de qn
Can I have your undivided attention? → Puis-je avoir toute votre attention?, Puis-je avoir votre attention pleine et entière?

(= wholehearted) [admiration, loyalty] → plein(e) et entier/ière

(= united) [country, Church] → unifié(e)

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undivided

adj country, opinion, attention → ungeteilt; support → voll; loyalty → absolut; love → uneingeschränkt; we must stand firm and undivided → wir müssen fest und einig sein

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undivided

[ˌʌndɪˈvaɪdɪd] adj I want your undivided attention → esigo (da voi) la massima attenzione

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undivided

(andiˈvaidid) adjective

(of attention etc) not distracted; wholly concentrated. Please give the matter your undivided attention.

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Of the Choric part the Parode is the first undivided utterance of the Chorus: the Stasimon is a Choric ode without anapaests or trochaic tetrameters: the Commos is a joint lamentation of Chorus and actors.

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He was so undivided in his aims, that he seemed like a man of firmness.

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We will not speak of all Queequeg's peculiarities here; how he eschewed coffee and hot rolls, and applied his undivided attention to beefsteaks, done rare.

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As the sense of responsibility is always strongest, in proportion as it is undivided, it may be inferred that a single man would be most ready to attend to the force of those motives which might plead for a mitigation of the rigor of the law, and least apt to yield to considerations which were calculated to shelter a fit object of its vengeance.

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It was annoying that the box which was thus attracting the undivided attention of masculine New York should be that in which his betrothed was seated between her mother and aunt; and for a moment he could not identify the lady in the Empire dress, nor imagine why her presence created such excitement among the initiated.

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Upon them the undivided, tensely passionate attention of that whole mass of men was concentrated.

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Just so, I maintain (he continues), does a given undivided portion of experience, taken in one context of associates, play the part of a knower, of a state of mind, of

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In hastily forming and giving his opinion of other people, in sacrificing general politeness to the enjoyment of undivided attention where his heart was engaged, and in slighting too easily the forms of worldly propriety, he displayed a want of caution which Elinor could not approve, in spite of all that he and Marianne could say in its support.

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It was one of the few homesteads that remained still undivided, but even here the dull internal work of disintegration which would inevitably lead to separation had already begun, starting as usual among the women.

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Under the guidance of my new preceptors I entered with the greatest diligence into the search of the philosopher's stone and the elixir of life; but the latter soon obtained my undivided attention.

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But at this point, Mr Dennis looked so very full of meaning, and gave such a singularly expressive twitch to his face as a request to her to come still nearer to him, that she abandoned these little arts, and gave him her whole and undivided attention.

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Within a month, I had quitted England, and within two months I was clerk to Clarriker and Co., and within four months I assumed my first undivided responsibility.

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