Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

split up

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.64 in modern English

Syllables: split up
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Cease to be together, break apart from the group.

Intransitive verb

verb

separate, disassociate, cause to come apart.

Transitive verb

adj

Divided or separated.

adj

Of a person: having long legs.

Obsolete; Slang

Example Sentences

"After she left to go travelling, my girlfriend and I split up."
"The soldiers split up into smaller squadrons to search the building."
"The brothers never behaved in class when they were together, so we had to split them up for the exam."
"He should preferably be tall, weighty, well split up in the legs (especially from the hip-joint to the knee), neatly turned at the knee and ankle joints […]"

Usage

Inflected Forms

splits up (present, singular) splitting up (participle, present)

Synonyms

split stock split break separate fall apart come apart part break up

Questions

What does split up mean?: Cease to be together, break apart from the group.

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