Verb
Cease to be together, break apart from the group.
Usage- idiomatic
- Intransitive
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After she left to go travelling, my girlfriend and I split up.
The soldiers split up into smaller squadrons to search the building.
separate, disassociate, cause to come apart.
Usage- Transitive
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The brothers never behaved in class when they were together, so we had to split them up for the exam.
Adjective
Divided or separated.
Usage- not-comparable
Of a person: having long legs.
Usage- not-comparable
- Obsolete
- Slang
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He should preferably be tall, weighty, well split up in the legs (especially from the hip-joint to the knee), neatly turned at the knee and ankle joints […]
Noun
an increase in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders' equity
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they announced a two-for-one split of the common stock
Verb
get a divorce; formally terminate a marriage
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The couple divorced after only 6 months
separate into parts or portions
- Broader terms
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divide the cake into three equal parts
The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I
discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
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The business partners broke over a tax question
The couple separated after 25 years of marriage
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My friend and I split up
become separated into pieces or fragments
- Broader terms
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The figurine broke
The freshly baked loaf fell apart