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divided
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di·vid·ed  (d-vdd)
adj.
1. Separated into parts or pieces.
2. Being in a state of disagreement or disunity: a divided nation.
3. Moved by conflicting interests, emotions, or activities: divided loyalties.
4. Separated by distance: a child divided from her familiar surroundings.
5. Having the lanes for opposing traffic separated: divided highways.
6. Botany Having indentations extending to the midrib or base and forming distinct lobes: divided leaves.

di·vided·ly adv.
di·vided·ness n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.divided - separated into parts or pieces; "opinions are divided"
distributive - serving to distribute or allot or disperse
segregated, unintegrated - separated or isolated from others or a main group; "a segregated school system"; "a segregated neighborhood"
separate - independent; not united or joint; "a problem consisting of two separate issues"; "they went their separate ways"; "formed a separate church"
united - characterized by unity; being or joined into a single entity; "presented a united front"
2.divided - having a median strip or island between lanes of traffic moving in opposite directions; "a divided highway"
multilane - (of roads and highways) having two or more lanes for traffic
3.divided - distributed in portions (often equal) on the basis of a plan or purpose
distributed - spread out or scattered about or divided up
Translations
Spanish divided [dɪˈvaɪdɪd] adj [country, couple] → dividido, separado; [opinions] → en desacuerdo
French divided [dɪˈvaɪdɪd] adj (fig) [country, couple] → désuni(e); [opinions] → partagé(e)
German divided [dɪˈvaɪdɪd] divide adjgeteilt;
to be divided about or over sth → geteilter Meinung über etw acc sein

Italian divided [dɪˈvaɪdɪd] adj [country] → diviso/a; [opinions] → discordi

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