divided

adj.

1. Separated into parts or pieces.
2. Being in a state of disagreement or disunity: a divided nation.
3. Moved by conflicting interests, emotions, or activities: divided loyalties.
4. Separated by distance: a child divided from her familiar surroundings.
5. Having the lanes for opposing traffic separated: divided highways.
6. Botany. Having indentations extending to the midrib or base and forming distinct lobes: divided leaves.

dividedly di·vid'ed·ly adv.
dividedness di·vid'ed·ness n.

IN BRIEF: adj. - Separated into parts or pieces.

A house divided against itself cannot stand. — Abraham Lincoln, Source: Lincoln's 'House-Divided' Speech in Springfield, Illinois, June 16, 1858.

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The adjective has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: separated into parts or pieces
  Antonym: united (meaning #1)

Meaning #2: having a median strip or island between lanes of traffic moving in opposite directions
  Synonym: dual-lane

Meaning #3: distributed in portions (often equal) on the basis of a plan or purpose
  Synonyms: divided up, shared, shared out

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