split

CEFRB1

/splɪt/

verb · noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To divide or separate into parts.

  2. 02

    noun

    A division or crack between parts.

Examples

  • He was a member of the team that split the atom in 1932.

  • The committee was split over the project.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. Of something solid, particularly wood, to break along the grain fully or partly along a more or less straight line.

  2. To share; to divide.

  3. To divide fully or partly along a more or less straight line.

More examples

In context

  • The money will probably be split evenly between those two.

  • Let's split this scene and see if we can find a real party.

  • We split the money among three people.

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Origin

verb

Attested since about 1567, from Middle Dutch splitten (“to split”) and/or Middle Low German splitten (“to split”), both ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *splittjan, an intensive form of Proto-West Germanic *splītan (“to split”), from Proto-Germanic *splītaną (whence Danish splitte, Low German splieten, German spleißen), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pley- (“to split, splice”). Compare Middle English ysplett (“split”, past participle of splatten (“to split”)), Old English speld (“splinter”), Old High German spaltan (“to split”), Middle Irish slis (“splinter”), Lithuanian spaliai (“flax sheaves”), Czech půl (“half”), Old Church Slavonic рас-плитати (ras-plitati, “to cleave, split”).