- [countable] an argument or disagreement that divides a group of people or makes somebody separate from somebody else
- Ten years after their acrimonious split, the band has reformed.
- split in/within something a damaging split within the party leadership
- The move threatened to cause a split in the movement.
- split with somebody/something the years following his bitter split with his wife
- split between A and B There have been reports of a split between the Prime Minister and the Cabinet.
Extra ExamplesTopics Opinion and argumentb2- a growing split in the Church over the issue of gay priests
- a split between the right and left wings of the party
- an ideological split within the party
- A damaging split within the party leadership has occurred.
- He found it difficult to cope in the years following his bitter split with his wife.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- clear
- deep
- major
- …
- cause
- create
- lead to
- …
- appear
- occur
- split between
- split in
- split within
- …
- [countable] a long opening made when something tears
- A blockage in the artery caused the split.
- split in something There's a big split in the tent.
- [singular] a division between two or more things; one of the parts that something is divided into
- He demanded a 50–50 split in the profits.
- It's an even split; some love it, some hate it.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- even
- two-way
- three-way
- …
- the splits[plural](US English also split [singular])a position in which you stretch your legs flat across the floor in opposite directions with the rest of your body sitting straight up
- a gymnast doing the splits
see also banana split
disagreement
tear/hole
division
body position
Word Originlate 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.
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