to split
- verb
- /splɪt/
- We all split the bill; $75 dollars each.
- split into two
- split evenly
- split in half
If it's slightly off center, it splits into two parts, right?
- If it's slightly off center, it splits into two parts, right?
- We take our training data and we split it into two parts.
- We're going to split the hair into two sections.
- But the, the the Ridge splits left, right and down the centre.
- But we get it and we split it and we eat it.
- Essentially the pitch deck is split into the following sections.
- I landed on a metal piece and split my poon open.
- They, they splatter and they split over time.
- His lip got split as I got split and.
- But the difference is the the splitting apart in what sense?
- It's almost like tulips because it splits and then we have a lining.
Examples
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So now the space is split into two parts.
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Under the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, the two sides were supposed to split the proceeds evenly.
Academic text (2011) -
and if successful, would have split the French German army in two.
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One less person to split the money with.
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How were you gonna split the take?
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We meet here, we split everything.
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We're going to split the hair into two sections.
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Oh, yes, you will split the inheritance between yourself and your brother, Eric.
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Postwar relations between the Soviet Union and the United States split Europe into two conflicting systems.
Academic text (1991) -
We need to split the cake into equal slices for everyone to enjoy.
Synonyms
To split something into parts or groups
To break into parts or pieces
To separate and move in different directions after being together
To separate something into smaller parts to explain or study it
To make something into smaller pieces using a knife or tool
Separate something into smaller pieces
To separate something into parts so it can be moved or fixed
To split into two or more parts
To divide something into smaller parts
To break into small pieces or make something break apart
Make something into smaller pieces using scissors or a knife
To separate into pieces, for example a machine or a group
To break something into pieces by hand
To divide something into parts to share between people
To divide something into separate parts
To divide something into parts
To split into two parts or branches, like a river
To cut something in two using a sharp tool like an axe
To split something into smaller parts
To cut something into two equal parts
Divide something into two equal parts, usually by a straight line or cut
To divide something into separate parts
To separate something into smaller parts to study it
To cut or separate something into parts, often by breaking it
Make something into new parts or groups again
To break something into many small pieces
To split something violently with a sharp tool
To tear something into separate parts, usually by force
To divide something into separate parts
Antonyms
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Specialized
A mental problem when one person acts like two or more different people with different memories and behaviour
A boxing result where two judges choose one boxer and the third chooses the other
- Specialized
A change by a company that gives each owner more shares while keeping their total value the same
- Specialized
A company change that gives each owner more shares without changing total value
- Specialized
A phrase where a word like 'boldly' comes between to and a verb, as in 'to boldly go'
- Specialized
Reduce the number of a company's shares so each share is worth more without changing total investment value
- Specialized
A company action that combines its shares so each is worth more but the total value stays the same
- Specialized
A surgery that cuts the connection between the two halves of the brain
- Specialized
A number that shows how similar scores are on two parts of a test
- Jargon
A set of newspaper or magazine copies with some pages changed for different areas
How Divided
Surface Forms
Etymology
Split comes from an old Germanic word meaning 'to break' or 'to cut'. Think of an axe hitting wood and making it fall apart — that image helps remember that to split something is to break or divide it into parts.