How to spell divide

hear itdi·vide/dɪ'vaɪd/verbRules and real life

What it means: To separate into parts or portions.

In a sentence: Please divide the chocolate bar with your brother.

The part people get wrong

Often misspelled as devide or divid.

Same family: division, divided, dividing, divider, subdivide. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Divide” comes from Latin *dividere*, meaning “to separate into parts.” It is related to the word “division,” which is both a math operation and a word for a group or section of something larger.

Patterns it uses: Drop the e before a suffix?

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