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dividing

English

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -a?d??

Adjective

dividing (not comparable)

  1. Serving to divide or separate.
    We installed a dividing wall in order to create two rooms out of one.

Derived terms

  • dividing line

Translations

Verb

dividing

  1. present participle of divide
    Dividing seven dollars among three people is difficult!

Noun

dividing (plural dividings)

  1. An act of division.
    • 1840, Albert Barnes, Notes: Critical, Explanatory, and Practical on the Book of the Prophet Isaiah
      Hence the noun also means dividing, or portion as that which is divided — whether an inheritance, or whether the dividings of spoil after battle.

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severance

English

Alternative forms

  • severaunce

Etymology

From Middle English severaunce, from Anglo-Norman, Old French sevrance, from sevrer.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?s?v.??ns/, /?s?v.??(?)n?s/

Noun

severance (countable and uncountable, plural severances)

  1. The act of severing or the state of being severed.
  2. A separation.
  3. A severance payment.

Synonyms

  • (separation): separation
  • (severance payment): severance payment, severance pay

Translations

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