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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

  1. verb To divide and distribute portions of a whole.
  2. verb Specifically, to do so in a fair and equitable manner; to allocate proportionally.

disperse — full definition

  1. verb To scatter or spread out in different directions.
  2. verb To spread information or resources widely.

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