divided

The word “divided” means split into separate parts or pieces. In plain terms, split apart — whether physically into pieces, or in the sense of a group whose members disagree with each other.

Here is “divided” used in a sentence: “The class was divided into small discussion groups.”

The opposite of “divided” — its antonyms — are undivided, combined and unified.

“Divided” is an adjective.

“Divided” is a fairly common word in modern English, usually learned at around the B2 level.

“Divided” has 2 distinct senses listed in this dictionary. The most common is: split into separate parts or pieces.

Divided stresses that a single whole has been split into parts, often by a boundary or by disagreement — a divided cake, a divided nation. Separated stresses that things have been moved or kept apart from one another. Something divided is partitioned into pieces; things separated are simply set at a distance.

The clearest opposites are united, whole, and undivided. Where a divided group is split into opposing parts, a united one acts together as one. For physical things, 'joined' or 'combined' works, describing pieces brought together into a single unbroken whole rather than cut into separate sections.

When people are described as divided, they disagree so strongly that they have split into opposing groups or camps. A country divided over an issue holds sharply different views with little common ground. Here 'divided' refers not to physical cutting but to a deep split in opinion, loyalty, or belief.