{ "term": "split", "partOfSpeech": "verb", "ox3000": true, "cefr": "b2", "verbForms": { "presentSimple": { "iYouWeThey": "split", "heSheIt": "splits" }, "pastSimple": "split", "pastParticiple": "split", "ingForm": "splitting" }, "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "to divide, or to make something divide, into two or more parts", "sensetop": "split somethingsplit something into somethingsplit into something", "cefr": "b2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "He was a member of the team that split the atom in 1932.", "contextForm": "split something" }, { "text": "Split the coconut in half." }, { "text": "She split the class into groups of four.", "contextForm": "split something into something" }, { "text": "Each chapter is split into two parts." }, { "text": "The results split neatly into two groups.", "contextForm": "split into something" }, { "text": "Slate splits easily into thin sheets." }, { "text": "If the nail you use is too big, there's a chance that the wood will split." }, { "text": "Identical twins come from a single fertilized egg that **splits in two**." }, { "text": "He split the log into several pieces." }, { "text": "On January 1 1993, Czechoslovakia formally split into two independent states." }, { "text": "Plastic splits quite easily." }, { "text": "Which scientist first split the atom?" }, { "text": "I was put to work splitting wood for the fire." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "to divide something into two or more parts and share it between different people, activities, etc.", "sensetop": "split something with somebodysplit somethingsplit something between A and B", "cefr": "b2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "She split the money she won with her brother.", "contextForm": "split something with somebody" }, { "text": "The two men agreed to split the proceeds.", "contextForm": "split something" }, { "text": "We share a house and split all the bills." }, { "text": "His time is split between the London and Paris offices.", "contextForm": "split something between A and B" }, { "text": "Four of us live here and we split all the bills four ways." }, { "text": "The profit will be split three ways." }, { "text": "The cost has been split equally between three countries." }, { "text": "She splits her time between Madrid and Washington." } ], "collocations": { "adverb": ["equally", "evenly"], "preposition": ["among", "between"], "phrases": [ "split something two, three, etc. ways", "split the difference", "split your time between something and something" ] } }, { "senseNumber": 3, "definition": "to divide, or to make a group of people divide, into smaller groups that have very different opinions", "sensetop": "split on/over somethingsplit somethingsplit from somethingbe split on/over something", "cefr": "b2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "The committee split over government subsidies.", "contextForm": "split on/over something" }, { "text": "His candidacy split the Republican vote.", "contextForm": "split something" }, { "text": "The sect split from the Mormon church more than a hundred years ago.", "contextForm": "split from something" }, { "text": "The party is deeply split on this issue.", "contextForm": "be split on/over something" }, { "text": "The poll found the public evenly split on the issue." }, { "text": "The community was split down the middle on this." }, { "text": "The party finally split over the issue of gun control." }, { "text": "Several factions split from the party." } ], "topics": ["Opinion and argument"], "collocations": { "adverb": ["eventually", "finally", "apart"], "preposition": ["from", "into", "on"], "phrases": ["be deeply split"] } }, { "senseNumber": 4, "definition": "to tear, or to make something tear, along a straight line", "sensetop": "split somethingsplit opensplit something open", "cefr": "b2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "Her dress had split along the seam." }, { "text": "Don't tell me you've split another pair of pants!", "contextForm": "split something" }, { "text": "The cushion split open and sent feathers everywhere.", "contextForm": "split open" }, { "text": "He split the packet open and poured out a handful of peanuts.", "contextForm": "split something open" }, { "text": "The ripe seed pod splits open and scatters the seeds." }, { "text": "The lid had split down the middle." } ], "collocations": { "adverb": ["easily", "apart", "open"], "preposition": ["into"] } }, { "senseNumber": 5, "definition": "to cut somebody’s skin and make it bleed", "sensetop": "split something opensplit something", "examples": [ { "text": "She split her head open on the cupboard door.", "contextForm": "split something open" }, { "text": "She fell downstairs and split her head open." }, { "text": "How did you split your lip?", "contextForm": "split something" } ] }, { "senseNumber": 6, "definition": "to leave somebody and stop having a relationship with them", "sensetop": "split (with somebody)split (from somebody)", "labels": "(informal)", "cefr": "c2", "examples": [ { "text": "The singer split with his wife last June.", "contextForm": "split (with somebody)" }, { "text": "She intends to split from the band at the end of the tour.", "contextForm": "split (from somebody)" } ], "topics": ["Family and relationships"] }, { "senseNumber": 7, "definition": "to leave a place quickly", "labels": "(old-fashioned, informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "Let's split!" } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "(when discussing a price, etc.) to agree on an amount that is at an equal distance between the two amounts that have been suggested", "labels": "(figurative)", "examples": [ { "text": "I offered €200 but he wanted €300. In the end, we split the difference and I paid him €250." }, { "text": "I wanted to leave early and Ian wanted to leave late, so we split the difference and left at noon." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to divide something into two equal parts; to divide into two equal parts", "examples": [ { "text": "The country was split down the middle over the strike *(= half supported it, half did not)*." }, { "text": "Divide the cake down the middle." }, { "text": "It would seem the community has divided down the middle, with some favouring expansion and some dead set against it." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to pay too much attention in an argument to differences that are very small and not important", "examples": [], "topics": ["Opinion and argument"] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to place an adverb between ‘to’ and the infinitive of a verb, for example to say ‘to strongly deny the report’. Some people consider this to be bad English style.", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to laugh a lot at somebody/something", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to vote for candidates from more than one party", "labels": "(US English, politics)", "examples": [] } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/splɪt/", "audio": "sp/split/split__gb_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/splɪts/", "audio": "sp/split/splits__gb_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/ˈsplɪtɪŋ/", "audio": "sp/split/splitting__gb_1.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/splɪt/", "audio": "sp/split/split__us_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/splɪts/", "audio": "sp/split/splits__us_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/ˈsplɪtɪŋ/", "audio": "sp/split/splitting__us_1.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": "late 16th cent. (originally in the sense ‘break up a ship’, describing the force of a storm or rock): from Middle Dutch splitten, of unknown ultimate origin." }