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Definition: Undivided |
UndividedAdjective1. Not parted by conflict of opinion; "presented an undivided front". 2. Not shared by or among others; "undivided responsibility". 3. Not divided among or brought to bear on more than one object or objective; "judging a contest with a single eye"; "a single devotion to duty"; "undivided affection"; "gained their exclusive attention". 4. Not separated into parts or shares; constituting an undivided unit; "an undivided interest in the property"; "a full share". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "undivided" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references) |
Synonyms: UndividedSynonyms: exclusive (adj), full (adj), single(a) (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Completeness | Adjective: complete, entire; whole; perfect; full, good, absolute, thorough, plenary; solid, undivided; with all its parts; all-sided. |
Whole | Unbroken, intact, uncut, undivided, unsevered, unclipped, uncropped, unshorn; seamless; undiminished; undemolished, undissolved, undestroyed, unbruised. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Undivided |
| English words defined with "undivided": building block ♦ carry-forward, carry-over ♦ full ♦ Individed ♦ Pylangium ♦ undivided interest, undivided right, unit ♦ Whole snipe, wholeheartedness, Whole-hoofed. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "undivided": loan pass-through certificates, Lyre ♦ participation certificate, pass-through certificate, Photography, Picnic ♦ right of survivorship. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "undivided": Individed. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | Undivided Attention (1987) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | 'May I please have your undivided attention?' / Oliphant. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Not a modern witches' council - but members of [the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Castle Rising, Norfolk, England]. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Geikie | An undivided heart which worships God alone, and trusts him as it should, is raised above anxiety for earthly wants. |
Goethe | Two souls are lodged within my breast that struggle there for undivided reign. |
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James Madison | 1809-1817 | Availing himself of fortuitous advantages, he is aiming with his undivided force a deadly blow at our growing prosperity, perhaps at our national existence. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | In this endeavor, our first task is to help to build, for the first time, an undivided, democratic Europe. |
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| "Undivided" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Undivided" is used about 118 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 118 | 29,674 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "undivided": undivided highway 3)single carriageway road ♦ undivided interest ♦ undivided right. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
interest undivided | 7 |
undivided | 5 |
heart undivided | 2 |
ever faith quest undivided | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "undivided"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | i tërë (all, clear, downright, entire, gross, integral, thorough, total, whole), i papjesëtuar, i pandarë (inherent, inseverable, irresolvable, unseparated, unshared). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | واحد (mono, one, unit). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | цял (cool, entire, full, good, intact, integral, integrate, livelong, overall, perfect, regular, right, round, sheer, solid, thorough, thoroughgoing, thorough-paced, total, unabridged, unbroken, whole), неразделен (inseparable, integral, integrant, unshared), неделен (dominical, sabbatic), единен (aggregate, one, solid, unitary). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 未分开. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | nerozdìlený (unshared), jednotný (blanket, integrated, uniform, uniformed, United), celistvý (solid), absolutní (absolute, blank, clear, complete, dead, flat, implicit, perfect, plenary, positive, strict, uncompromising, undiluted, unmitigated). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | udelt kørebane (single carriageway, undivided highway 3)single carriageway road), vej uden midteradskillelse (single carriageway road, undivided road, undivided two-way road), overdragelse af udelt arvelod (transfer of undivided inheritance). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | onverdeeld (jointly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | jakamaton. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | unanime (unanimous, unanimously), non partagé (unrequited), indivisé, entier (unreserved). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | ungeteilt (jointly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ακέραιοσ (integral, whole), αμέριστοσ, αδιαίρετοσ (indivisible). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מאוח". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | teljes (absolute, absorbing, all-out, at full speed, bag of tricks, clear, complement, complete, consummate, crass, entire, exhaustive, fore-and-aft, full statement, full-blood, global, gross, integrate, integrated, out and out, perfect, plenary, Plumb, pukka, regular, restitution of all things, right-down, round, setout, to come in for one's full share of sg, to pelt, to the full, to the top of one's bent, to transmogrify, total, utter, very, whole), osztatlan (unanimous, whole). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | integrale (complete, comprehensive, integral, outright, unabridged, uncut, wholemeal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 未配" , 未処分 (unfinished, unsettled). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | みしょぶ" (unfinished, unsettled), みはいとう. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 연속되" (sequential, serial). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | slane (absolute, absolute of ruler, absolutely, chin-chin, complete, entire, fully, gross, healed, intact, integer, inviolate, perfect, sane, sheer, thorough, total, unbroken, unexpurgated as edition; good bye, unexpurgated; good bye, unharmed, unhurt, unimpaired, utter, well, whole), neurheynnit (unclassified, undistributed, whole), gyn scarrey, gyn rheynn. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ividedunday não separado, não repartido, não dividido, inteiro (all, complete, entire, full, global economy, gross, integer, integrate, livelong, round, total, unbroken, whole, wholesome), indiviso (jointly). (various references) целый (all, clear, entire, even, intact, integral, livelong, unbroken, whole), неразделенный (unshared). (various references) nepodeljen (indiscrete, undistributed). (various references) indiviso. (various references) odelad (entire, integral). (various references) tüm (all, all over the, clear, entire, entirety, full complement, over all, pan-, total, totality, utter, whole), pay edilmemiş, bütün (aggregate, all, all out, all over the, altogether, at all, clear, complement, complete, continuum, entire, entirely, every, everything, gross, holo-, integral, omni-, one and only, out and out, overall, pan-, quite, round, sheer, solid, the total, the whole, total, totality, unbroken, utter, whole, wholly), bölünmemiş (indiscrete, unipartite). (various references) нерозлучний (one), нерозподілений, нерозділений, зосереджений (collected, converging, intent). (various references) ho n to n (all, all right, all-in-all, altogether, backbone, clean, completely, consummate, due, full, fully, heartily, hilt, hollow, inch, out-and-out, outright, perfectly, profound, purely, quite, regular, sheer, stark, thorough, thoroughly, utter, utterly, wholly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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"Undivided" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: undevided. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "undivided" (pronounced u'ndu'vī"dud) |
| 5 | -v ī" d u d | divided, provided, subdivided. |
| 4 | -ī" d u d | abided, chided, coincided, collided, confided, decided, derided, glided, guided, lopsided, misguided, presided, prided, resided, sided, subsided, undecided. |
| 3 | -d u d | abounded, acceded, accorded, added, afforded, aided, alluded, amended, appended, applauded, apprehended, ascended, astounded, attended, avoided, awarded, backhanded, banded, barricaded, beaded, bearded, bedded, befriended, beheaded, bended, bladed, blended, blinded, blindfolded, blindsided, blockaded, blooded, boarded, bombarded, bonded, bounded, braided, branded, breaded, broadsided, brooded, candid, carded, cascaded, ceded, clouded, coded, colluded, commanded, commended, compounded, comprehended, conceded, concluded, confounded, contended, corded, corresponded, corroded, crowded, deeded, defended, defrauded, degraded, deluded, demanded, denuded, depended, descended, disbanded, discarded, disregarded, dissuaded, distended, downgraded, downloaded, dreaded, dumbfounded, eluded, embedded, encoded, ended, enshrouded, eroded, evaded, evenhanded, exceeded, excluded, expanded, expended, exploded, expounded, extended, extruded, exuded, faded, fended, feuded, fielded, flooded, folded, forwarded, founded, funded, gilded, goaded, graded, grounded, guarded, handed, hardheaded, headed, heeded, heralded, herded, hoarded, homesteaded, hooded, hounded, imbedded, impeded, imploded, impounded, included, intended, interceded, intruded, invaded, jaded, kidded, landed, larded, lauded, leaded, lightheaded, loaded, masterminded, melded, mended, minded, molded, muddleheaded, needed, nodded, offended, outmoded, overcrowded, overextended, overfunded, overloaded, padded, paraded, persuaded, pervaded, pleaded, plodded, pounded, preceded, precluded, prerecorded, pretended, proceeded, prodded, propounded, raided, railroaded, rebounded, receded, recommended, recorded, redheaded, refunded, regarded, reloaded, remanded, reminded, remolded, reprimanded, rescinded, responded, retarded, rewarded, rounded, safeguarded, sanded, scalded, scolded, seceded, secluded, seconded, seeded, serenaded, shaded, shepherded, shielded, shredded, shrouded, skidded, sordid, sounded, spearheaded, speeded, splendid, stampeded, stranded, studded, succeeded, superseded, surrounded, suspended, tended, threaded, traded, transcended, trended, unaided, unamended, unattended, unbounded, unbranded, underfunded, underhanded, unexploded, unfolded, unfounded, unfunded, unguarded, unheeded, unheralded, unimpeded, unintended, unleaded, unloaded, unneeded, unrecorded, upbraided, upgraded, voided, wadded, waded, warded, wedded, weeded, welded, wielded, winded, wooded, worded, wounded, wrongheaded, yielded. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-d-d-e-i-i-n-u-v" | |
-1 letter: dividend. | |
-2 letters: divided, divined. | |
-3 letters: divide, divine, duddie, indued. | |
-4 letters: didie, dined, dived, duded, indie, indue, ivied, nided, nudie, undid, vined. | |
-5 letters: deni, died, dine, dive, dude, dune, nevi, nide, nidi, nude, unde, vein, vend, vide, vied, vine. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-d-d-e-i-i-n-u-v" | |
+3 letters: individuated. | |
+5 letters: individualised, individualized. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)55 6E 64 69 76 69 64 65 64 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..- -. -.. .. ...- .. -.. . -.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010101 01101110 01100100 01101001 01110110 01101001 01100100 01100101 01100100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)U n d i v i d e d |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0055 006E 0064 0069 0076 0069 0064 0065 0064 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)558070758875707170 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Quotations: Familiar 8. Quotations: Speeches | 9. Usage Frequency 10. Expressions 11. Expressions: Internet 12. Translations: Modern | 13. Derivations 14. Rhymes 15. Anagrams 16. Orthography | 17. Bibliography |
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