divideverb(CALCULATE)
divide something into something
collocation
to separate something into parts or groups:
After the Second World War, Germany was divided into two separate countries.第二次世界大战之后，德国被分成了两个独立的国家。
The old warehouse has been divided into a number of attractive apartments.
Seedivideverb
The author decided to divide the book into ten chapters.
In nuclear fission, a uranium atom is divided into two small atoms.
A low wall divided the space into a playground on one side and a vegetable garden on the other.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Separating and dividing
apheresis
atomize
bifurcate
bifurcation
bisect
dismemberment
dissociable
dissociate
dissociate yourself from something
dissociation
parcel something out
partible
periodization
periodize
polarize
ungraded
unjoined
unmix
unmixable
unmixed