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дели́ть — meaning in English

delit

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English meaning

  • apportion verb To divide and distribute portions of a whole.
  • 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.
  • part noun A piece or portion of something larger.
  • partition noun A wall or screen that divides a room or space into separate sections.
  • segment noun One of the parts something is divided into.
  • share noun A portion of something that is divided among people.
  • split verb To divide something into parts, often along a line.
  • whack verb To hit something hard and sharply.

Senses

дели́ть is used for these senses in English:

  • apportion (transitive) To divide and distribute portions of a whole.
  • distribute (transitive) To supply to retail outlets.
  • distribute (transitive) To apportion (more or less evenly).
  • divide (transitive) To split or separate (something) into two or more parts.
  • divide (transitive, arithmetic, with by) To calculate the number (the quotient) by which you must multiply one given number (the divisor) to produce a second given number (the dividend).
  • part (transitive, now, rare) To divide up; to share.
  • partition To divide a region or country into two or more territories with separate political status.
  • segment (ambitransitive) To divide into segments or sections.

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.

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