ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Dividing

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Dividing is an adjective meaning Serving to divide or separate.

Meaning

Serving to divide or separate.

More Meanings

  1. present participle and gerund of divide
  2. An act of division.

Example Sentences

Dividing seven dollars among three people is difficult!
We installed a dividing wall in order to create two rooms out of one.
Hence the noun also means dividing, or portion as that which is divided — whether an inheritance, or whether the dividings of spoil after battle.

Word Forms

Synonyms for dividing

Depending on context, synonyms include disjunctive, divisional.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include divisional, disjunctive, nonbearing, split, divisive, separating.

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