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Collocations for divide - noun

ADJECTIVE

big, deep, great, sharp
growing
north-south, etc.
class, cultural, economic, ethnic, gender, generational, ideological, political, racial, religious, sectarian, social
partisan (esp. AmE), party
digital
the digital divide between people with access to technology and those without

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VERB + divide

create
widen
policies which have widened the divide between rich and poor
close, narrow
bridge, cross, straddle
advice on bridging cultural divides
It's a friendship which crosses the divide of social class.
a style which straddles the divide between classic and modern
address
attempts to address the racial divide in this country

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divide + VERB

widen
narrow
open, open up
separate sth
a divide separating those who have access to computers and those who don't

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PREPOSITION

divide between
the sharp divide between rich and poor regions
divide in
The leader's speech aimed to close the embarrassing divide in party ranks.

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Collocations for divide - verb

1. separate into parts

ADVERB

broadly, roughly
This report is divided broadly into two parts.
exactly
clearly
conveniently, neatly
Vegetarians divide neatly into two groups.
evenly
arbitrarily, randomly
They were randomly divided into three groups.

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PREPOSITION

into
The children divided into three teams.

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PHRASES

divide in two
the point where the river divides in two

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2. share

ADVERB

equally

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PREPOSITION

among
The money was divided equally among his sons.
between
They divided their time between London and Boston.

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3. cause disagreement

ADVERB

bitterly, deeply, seriously, sharply
This issue has bitterly divided the community.
increasingly
closely, evenly
ethnically, politically, racially
The fragile peace has deteriorated in this ethnically divided city.

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PHRASES

be divided about sth, be divided on sth, be divided over sth
Board members were deeply divided on the issue.

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Divide is used with these nouns as the subject:
cell, gulf, line, partition, path, watershed

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Divide is used with these nouns as the object:
booty, country, electorate, nation, number, spoils, vote, world

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