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How to pronounce split
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What does split mean?
verbTo divide fully or partly along a more or less straight line.
“He has split his lip.”
Of something solid, particularly wood, to break along the grain fully or partly along a more or less straight line.
To share; to divide.
“We split the money among three people.”
adjDivided.
“Republicans appear split on the centerpiece of Mr. Obama's economic recovery plan.”
Having the middle object (group, module, etc.) equal to the direct sum of the others.
Comprising half decaffeinated and half caffeinated espresso.
nounA crack or longitudinal fissure.
A breach or separation, as in a political party; a division.
“It destroys the class system and exploitation; it heals the split in man's nature and the crippled, one-sided development of the individual.”
The termination of a romantic relationship.
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