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great dividing

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1

Australian Relating to the Great Dividing Range, Australia's most substantial mountain range system that runs roughly parallel to the east coast.

Example

"The Great Dividing topography creates a dramatic climatic shift between the lush eastern seaboard and the arid western interior."

2

Serving as a major physical, ideological, or conceptual boundary that separates two distinct areas, groups, or ideas.

Example

"Economic disparity became the great dividing issue of the modern political era."

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Word Nuance & Usage

This phrase is subject to strict syntactic constraints and is used almost exclusively as an attributive adjective before a noun, most notably in 'the great dividing line' or as part of a proper noun.

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Historical frequency of usage in published text.

180019102020
Data source: Google Books Ngram Viewer

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Wordmom. (2026). Definition of Great dividing. In Wordmom Dictionary. Retrieved Nov 5, 2026, from https://wordmom.com/dictionary/great-dividing
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