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split


Definition: Meaning of, split in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / splɪt /

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Present Participle Third Person Singular
splitting splits
  1. disagree [intransitive and transitive] if a group of people splits, or if it is split, people in the group disagree strongly with each other and the group sometimes divides into separate smaller groups
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  2. separate into parts also split up [intransitive and transitive] to divide or separate something into different parts or groups, or to be divided into different parts or groups
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  3. break or tear [intransitive and transitive] if something splits, or if you split it, it tears or breaks along a straight line
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  4. share [transitive] to divide something into separate parts and share it between two or more people
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  5. injure [transitive] to make someone's head or lip have a cut in it, as a result of a fall or hit
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  6. end relationship also split up [intransitive] informal if people split, they end a marriage or relationship with each other
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  7. leave [intransitive] old-fashioned informal to leave a place quickly
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  8. split hairs to argue that there is a difference between two things, when the difference is really too small to be important
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  9. split the difference to agree on an amount that is exactly between two amounts that have been mentioned
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  10. split your sides informal to laugh a great deal
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split splits
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  1. tear a tear or crack in something made of cloth, wood etc
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  2. disagreement a serious disagreement that divides an organization or group of people into smaller groups [=  rift]
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  3. dividing something the way in which something, especially money, is shared between several people
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  4. separation informal a clear separation or difference between two things
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  5. do the splits to spread your legs wide apart so that your legs touch the floor along their whole length
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Split


Definition: Meaning of, Split in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / splɪt /

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  1. an old Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea
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Split used in phrases

  • banana split (noun)
    1. a dish with bananas and ICE CREAM
  • lickety split (adverb)
    1. without delay
  • lickety-split (adverb)
    1. very quickly
  • reverse split (noun)
    1. a decrease in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders' equity
  • reverse stock split (noun)
    1. a decrease in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders' equity
  • split decision (noun)
    1. a boxing decision in which the judges are not unanimous
  • split down (noun)
    1. a decrease in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders' equity
  • split end (noun)
    1. football an offensive end who lines up at a distance from the other linemen
  • split ends (noun)
    1. a condition of someone's hair in which the ends have split into several parts
  • split hairs (verb)
    1. consider or argue about fine details or subtle distinctions, esp. irrelevant ones; worry about minutiae
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Split used in phrasal verbs

  • split up (phrasal verb)
    1. [intransitive/transitive] same as split1 (sense 1)
    2. [intransitive] to end a marriage or a sexual or romantic relationship
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