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dividing
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | separate, disconnect |
| Synonyms: | abscind, bisect, branch, break, break down, carve, chop, cleave, cross, cut, cut up, demarcate, detach, dichotomize, disengage, disentangle, disjoin, dislocate, dismember, dissect, dissever, dissociate, dissolve, disunite, divorce, halve, intersect, isolate, loose, part, partition, pull away, quarter, rend, rupture, section, segment, segregate, sever, shear, split, subdivide, sunder, tear, unbind, undo |
| Antonyms: | append, attach, collect, combine, connect, couple, gather, join, link, unite |
| Main Entry: | divide |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put in order; classify |
| Synonyms: | arrange, categorize, grade, group, separate, sort |
| Antonyms: | disarrange, disorganize |
| Main Entry: | divide |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disagree, alienate |
| Synonyms: | break up, cause to disagree, come between, differ, disaccord, dissent, disunite, estrange, part, pit against, separate, set against, set at odds, sow dissension, split, vary |
| Antonyms: | agree, convince, persuade |
| Main Entry: | calculation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | computing, estimating amount |
| Synonyms: | adding, arithmetic, ciphering, computation, counting, dividing, estimate, estimation, figuring, forecast, judgment, multiplying, prediction, reckoning, subtracting, summation, totaling |
| Main Entry: | comparison |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | contrasting; corresponding |
| Synonyms: | allegory, analogizing, analogy, analyzing, association, balancing, bringing together, collating, collation, comparability, connection, contrast, correlation, discrimination, distinguishing, dividing, estimation, example, exemplification, identification, illustration, juxtaposition, likeness, likening, measuring, metaphor, observation, opposition, paralleling, ratio, relating, relation, resemblance, segregation, separation, similarity, testing, weighing |
| Main Entry: | division |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | separation, disconnection |
| Synonyms: | analysis, apportionment, autopsy, bisection, breaking, breaking down, breaking up, carving, contrasting, cutting up, demarcation, departmentalizing, detaching, detachment, diagnosis, disjuncture, dismemberment, disparting, disseverance, dissolution, distinguishing, distribution, disunion, disuniting, dividing, divorce, parceling, parting, partition, reduction, rending, rupture, segmentation, selection, separating, severance, splitting up, subdivision, vivisection |
| Notes: | a part is any of the components of a whole; a portion is a part allotted to or regarded as belonging to someone; a piece is a part separated from the whole; a division is a part formed by classifying, cutting, partitioning - and so is a section, though it is generally smaller; a segment is a part separated along natural lines of division; a fragment is a small part, usually broken off |
| Antonyms: | accord, agreement, connection, unification, unison, unity |
| Main Entry: | fission |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | splitting |
| Synonyms: | atom smashing, atomic reaction, dividing, division, nuclear fission, parting, severance, splitting the atom, thermonuclear reaction |
| Main Entry: | partition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | divider, division |
| Synonyms: | allotment, apportionment, barrier, detachment, disconnection, dissolution, distribution, disunion, dividing, hindrance, obstruction, parting, portion, rationing, rupture, screen, segregation, separation, severance, share, splitting, wall |
| Antonyms: | attachment, juncture, union, unity |
| Main Entry: | breaking |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | division |
| Synonyms: | detaching, detachment, dividing, parting, partition, separation |
| Antonyms: | union |
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