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Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary
split up
an increase in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders' equity
- they announced a two-for-one split of the common stock
• Syn:
split, stock split
• Hypernyms:
increase, step-up
1. become separated into pieces or fragments
- The figurine broke
- The freshly baked loaf fell apart
• Syn:
break, separate, fall apart, come apart
• See Also:
break up (for: break)
• Derivationally related forms:
breakable (for: break), break (for: break)
• Hypernyms:
change integrity
• Hyponyms:
burst, split, break open, puncture, bust,
smash, ladder, run, snap, crack, break up,
fragment, fragmentize, fragmentise, crush
• Verb Group:
break
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
2. discontinue an association or relation;
go different ways
- The business partners broke over a tax question
- The couple separated after 25 years of marriage
- My friend and I split up
• Syn:
separate, part, split, break, break up
• Derivationally related forms:
breakup (for: break up), break (for: break), split (for: split), separatist (for: separate), separation (for: separate)
• Hyponyms:
give the axe, give the bounce, give the gate, disunify, break apart,
disassociate, dissociate, divorce, disunite, disjoint, break with,
secede, splinter, break away, break
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
3. separate into parts or portions
- divide the cake into three equal parts
- The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I
• Syn:
divide, split, separate, dissever, carve up
• Ant:
unite (for: divide)
• Derivationally related forms:
split (for: split), divisible (for: divide), division (for: divide), divider (for: divide)
• Hypernyms:
change integrity
• Hyponyms:
subdivide, format, initialize, initialise, sectionalize,
sectionalise, triangulate, unitize, unitise, lot, parcel,
sliver, splinter, paragraph, canton, Balkanize, Balkanise
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
4. get a divorce;
formally terminate a marriage
- The couple divorced after only 6 months
• Syn:
divorce
• Derivationally related forms:
divorce (for: divorce), divorcement (for: divorce), divorcee (for: divorce)
• Hypernyms:
separate, part, split, break, break up
• Entailment:
marry, get married, wed, conjoin, hook up with,
get hitched with, espouse
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Sam and Sue split up
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