- split
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun1 disagreementADJECTIVE▪ clear, deep, major, serious▪
A serious split in the ruling coalition appeared soon after the election.
▪ acrimonious, damaging▪Ten years after their acrimonious split, the band has reformed.
▪ growing▪ ideological▪an ideological split within the party
VERB + SPLIT▪ cause, create, lead toSPLIT + VERB▪ appear, occurPREPOSITION▪ split between▪a split between the right and left wings of the party
▪ split in, split within▪ split over▪a growing split in the Church over the issue of gay priests
▪ split with▪Mike's split with his wife
2 division between thingsADJECTIVE▪ even▪It's an even split; some love it, some hate it.
▪ two-way, three-way, etc. (esp. BrE)▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}The initiative was funded in a three-way split between the sponsors, the League and the clubs.
verb1 break into two or more partsADVERB▪ easily▪Plastic splits very easily.
▪ apart▪ open▪The ripe seed pod splits open and scatters the seeds.
▪ down the middle, in half, in two▪The lid had split down the middle.
▪Split the coconut in half.
PREPOSITION▪ into▪He split the log into several pieces.
2 separate into different groupsADVERB▪ eventually, finally▪ apart, away, off, up▪The rock group split up last year.
PREPOSITION▪ from▪Several factions split from the party.
▪ into▪In 1993 Czechoslovakia split into two independent states.
▪ on, over▪The party finally split over the issue of gun control.
PHRASES▪ be deeply split▪The party is deeply split on this issue.
3 divide/share sthADVERB▪ equally, evenlyPREPOSITION▪ among, between▪The cost has been split equally between three countries.
PHRASES▪ split sth two, three, etc. ways▪The profit will be split three ways.
▪ split the difference▪I offered €200 but he wanted €300. In the end, we split the difference and I paid him €250.
▪ split your time between sth and sth▪She splits her time between Madrid and Washington.
Split is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑nail
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
