divide - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • bridge: The religious belief in Mithra attracted people from all walks of life, bridging the class divide.

Object

  • dose: Your doctor might also allow you to take your medicine in divided doses during the day.

Adjective modifier

  • north-south: It also spotlights the extent of the north-south divide between GPs.
  • North-South: Genetic sociology thus has the potential of legitimizing the North-South divide as natural and foreordained by genes.
  • sectarian: It also suggests growing strains in another of Iraq's sectarian divides.
  • digital: Care is needed in talking about the digital divide.
  • public/private: Environmental crimes affect significant numbers of people, while the range of laws governing such crimes crosses the public/private law divide.
  • East-West: Geoffrey Leech gave a plenary lecture entitled ' Politeness: Is there an East-West divide?

Modifies a noun

  • clump: Divide clumps from established colonies in autumn or early spring tho the mass of roots means this can be a tricky exercise.

Noun used with modifier

  • north/south: What is the north/south divide, where does it start?
  • nave/chancel: North wall: plain but for two splayed window embrasures, the more easterly above the nave/chancel divide.

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