Dictionary entry details
• SPLIT UP (noun)
Meaning:
An increase in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders' equity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
split up; stock split; split
Context example:
they announced a two-for-one split of the common stock
Hypernyms ("split up" is a kind of...):
increase; step-up (the act of increasing something)
• SPLIT UP (verb)
Meaning:
Get a divorce; formally terminate a marriage
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
split up; divorce
Context example:
The couple divorced after only 6 months
Hypernyms (to "split up" is one way to...):
break; break up; part; separate; split; split up (discontinue an association or relation; go different ways)
"Split up" entails doing...:
conjoin; espouse; get hitched with; get married; hook up with; marry; wed (take in marriage)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
Sam and Sue split up
Meaning:
Separate into parts or portions
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
carve up; dissever; divide; split; split up; separate
Context examples:
divide the cake into three equal parts / The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I
Hypernyms (to "split up" is one way to...):
change integrity (change in physical make-up)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "split up"):
canton (divide into cantons, of a country)
paragraph (divide into paragraphs, as of text)
sliver; splinter (divide into slivers or splinters)
parcel (divide into parts)
lot (divide into lots, as of land, for example)
unitise; unitize (divide (bulk material) and process as units)
triangulate (divide into triangles or give a triangular form to)
sectionalise; sectionalize (divide into sections, especially into geographic sections)
format; initialise; initialize (divide (a disk) into marked sectors so that it may store data)
subdivide (divide into smaller and smaller pieces)
Balkanise; Balkanize (divide a territory into small, hostile states)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
break up; part; split up; split; separate; break
Context examples:
The business partners broke over a tax question / The couple separated after 25 years of marriage / My friend and I split up
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "split up"):
break; break away (interrupt a continued activity)
break away; secede; splinter (withdraw from an organization or communion)
divorce; split up (get a divorce; formally terminate a marriage)
break with (end a relationship)
disassociate; disjoint; dissociate; disunite; divorce (part; cease or break association with)
break apart; disunify (break up or separate)
give the axe; give the bounce; give the gate (terminate a relationship abruptly)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Become separated into pieces or fragments
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
come apart; break; fall apart; split up; separate
Context examples:
The figurine broke / The freshly baked loaf fell apart
Hypernyms (to "split up" is one way to...):
change integrity (change in physical make-up)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "split up"):
break open; burst; split (break open or apart suddenly)
crush (become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure)
break up; fragment; fragmentise; fragmentize (break or cause to break into pieces)
crack; snap (break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension)
ladder; run (come unraveled or undone as if by snagging)
smash (break suddenly into pieces, as from a violent blow)
burst; bust (break open or apart suddenly and forcefully)
puncture (be pierced or punctured)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
