aufteilen — meaning in English
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English meaning
- apportion verb To divide and distribute portions of a whole.
- disperse verb To scatter or spread out in different directions.
- distribute verb To divide something up and hand it out to a number of people or places.
- divide verb To split something into two or more parts.
- divvy verb To split something up into shares among a group, usually informally.
- split verb To divide something into parts, often along a line.
Senses
aufteilen is used for these senses in English:
- apportion (transitive) To divide and distribute portions of a whole.
- disperse (physics, transitive, intransitive) To separate rays of light, etc., according to wavelength; to refract.
- distribute (transitive) To divide into portions and dispense.
- distribute (transitive) To classify or separate into categories.
- divide (transitive) To split or separate (something) into two or more parts.
- divvy (informal, transitive) To divide into portions.
- parcel out (idiomatic) To divide into portions or chunks; to ration.
apportion — full definition
- verb To divide and distribute portions of a whole.
- verb Specifically, to do so in a fair and equitable manner; to allocate proportionally.
disperse — full definition
- verb To scatter or spread out in different directions.
- verb To spread information or resources widely.