great divide

noun

: a significant point of division

especially : death

Synonyms

• curtains
• death
• decease
• demise
• dissolution
• doom
• end
• exit
• expiration
• expiry
• fate
• grave
• passage
• passing
• quietus
• sleep

Examples of great divide in a Sentence

many religions claim to know what happens after we cross the great divide

Recent Examples on the Web

As the August Bank Holiday weekend approached the U.K. industry was abuzz with rumors that stadium dates had been booked and that the great divide between Noel and Liam Gallagher had been bridged. —Thomas Smith, Billboard, 6 Sep. 2024

Read more Dental access is an American 'crisis' There’s a great divide among American dental care, with some people forced to live with pain and shame while others flash five-figure veneers. —Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 16 July 2024

There's a great divide for Americans who need dental care with some forced to live with pain and shame while others flash five figure veneers. —Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 16 July 2024

By hanging her story on a great divide between the state and society, the author also ignores ways in which the two are mutually constituted. —Susan Greenhalgh and Xiying Wang, Foreign Affairs, 11 June 2019

Word History

Etymology

the Great Divide, North American watershed

First Known Use

1868, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

great divide

noun

: a watershed located between major drainage systems