adjective
1. separated into parts or pieces (Freq. 2)
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opinions are divided
• Ant: ↑united
• Similar to:
↑bicameral, ↑two-chambered, ↑bifid, ↑bifurcate, ↑biramous, ↑branched, ↑forked, ↑fork-like, ↑forficate, ↑pronged, ↑prongy, ↑bifurcated, ↑bilocular, ↑biloculate, ↑black-and-white, ↑chambered, ↑cloven, ↑bisulcate, ↑dichotomous, ↑disconnected, ↑disunited, ↑fragmented, ↑split, ↑disjointed, ↑disjunct, ↑episodic, ↑four-pronged, ↑many-chambered, ↑metameric, ↑segmental, ↑segmented, ↑mullioned, ↑pentamerous, ↑tined, ↑sectional, ↑sectioned, ↑three-pronged, ↑torn, ↑trifid, ↑two-pronged
• See Also: ↑distributive, ↑segregated, ↑unintegrated, ↑separate
2. having a median strip or island between lanes of traffic moving in opposite directions
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a divided highway
• Syn: ↑dual-lane
• Similar to: ↑multilane
3. distributed in portions (often equal) on the basis of a plan or purpose
• Syn: ↑divided up, ↑shared, ↑shared out
• Similar to: ↑distributed
Useful english dictionary. 2012.