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divvying

/ˈdɪviɪŋ/ /ˈdɪvɪɪŋ/

Meanings
verb
To divide into portions.

Examples :

"We divvied the money into equal portions to split between us."
amount business economy finance value

Related Words

Illustration split

split noun

/splɪt/

A crack or longitudinal fissure.

"The vase had a small split running down the side. "

Illustration equal

equal noun

/ˈiːkwəl/

A person or thing of equal status to others.

"This beer has no equal."

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divvied verb

/ˈdɪvid/ /ˈdɪvɪd/

To divide into portions.

"We divvied the money into equal portions to split between us."

Illustration portions

portions noun

/ˈpoəɹʃənz/ /ˈpɔːʃənz/ /ˈpɔɹʃənz/

An allocated amount.

"Each child received equal portions of the birthday cake. "

Illustration to

to adverb

/tʉː/ /tuː/ /tu/

Toward a closed, touching or engaging position.

"Please push the door to."

Illustration we

we pronoun

/wiː/ /wi/

(personal) The speakers/writers, or the speaker/writer and at least one other person (not the person being addressed). (This is the exclusive we.)

"We are going to the park after school today. "

Illustration divide

divide noun

/dɪˈvaɪd/

A thing that divides.

"Stay on your side of the divide, please."

Illustration between

between noun

/bɪˈtwiːn/ /bəˈtwin/

A kind of needle, shorter than a sharp, with a small rounded eye, used for making fine stitches on heavy fabrics.

"The seamstress used a sturdy between to create a precise, even stitch on the thick upholstery fabric. "

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the adverb

/ði/ /ˈðiː/

With a comparative or with more and a verb phrase, establishes a correlation with one or more other such comparatives.

"It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it."

Illustration us

us pronoun

/əs/

(personal) Me and at least one other person; the objective case of we.

"My friends and I are going to the park after school. Us students will meet by the main entrance. "

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into preposition

/ˈɪn.tuː/ /ˈɪn.tu/

To or towards the inside of.

"Mary danced into the house."

Illustration money

money noun

/ˈmʌni/

A legally or socially binding conceptual contract of entitlement to wealth, void of intrinsic value, payable for all debts and taxes, and regulated in supply.

"The government uses money to pay teachers' salaries. "