adj
Meaning 1
Divided or separated.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
split up
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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adj
Meaning 2
Of a person: having long legs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, obsolete, slang
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
Cease to be together, break apart from the group.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, intransitive
Qualifier: Of a group of people
Examples
- After she left to go travelling, my girlfriend and I split up.
- The soldiers split up into smaller squadrons to search the building.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
separate, disassociate, cause to come apart.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- The brothers never behaved in class when they were together, so we had to split them up for the exam.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
an increase in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders' equity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- they announced a two-for-one split of the common stock
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: split, stock split
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: increase, step-up
verb
Meaning 6
become separated into pieces or fragments
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The figurine broke
- The freshly baked loaf fell apart
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: break, separate, fall apart, come apart
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change integrity
Narrower terms: burst, split, break open, puncture, bust, smash, ladder, run, snap, crack, break up, fragment, fragmentize, fragmentise, crush
verb
Meaning 7
discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The business partners broke over a tax question
- The couple separated after 25 years of marriage
- My friend and I split up
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: separate, part, split, break, break up
Antonyms: none provided
Narrower terms: give the axe, give the bounce, give the gate, disunify, break apart, disassociate, dissociate, divorce, disunite, disjoint, break with, split up, secede, splinter, break away, break
verb
Meaning 8
separate into parts or portions
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- divide the cake into three equal parts
- The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: divide, split, separate, dissever, carve up
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change integrity
Narrower terms: subdivide, format, initialize, initialise, sectionalize, sectionalise, triangulate, unitize, unitise, lot, parcel, sliver, splinter, paragraph, canton, Balkanize, Balkanise
verb
Meaning 9
get a divorce; formally terminate a marriage
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The couple divorced after only 6 months
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: divorce
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: separate, part, split up, split, break, break up
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Esperanto: disiĝi — disassociate
- Finnish: erota — disassociate
- Italian: dividersi — disassociate
- Māori: whakawāwāhi — disassociate
- Spanish: desparejarse — disassociate
- Spanish: separarse — disassociate
- Spanish: dividirse — disassociate
- Turkish: ayrılmak — disassociate
- Turkish: dağılmak — disassociate
- Finnish: erottaa — transitive
- Spanish: desparejar — transitive
- Spanish: separar — transitive
- Spanish: dividir — transitive
- Turkish: ayırmak — transitive