split — to divide or separate into parts
Part of speech: VERB
Definition: to divide or separate into parts
Pronunciation (IPA): /splɪt/
Korean meaning: 나누다, 분할하다, 갈라지다
Korean pronunciation: **스**플릿
Example Sentences
- My jeans split right in the middle of my presentation!
- The magician promised to split the audience's attention, but ended up splitting his pants instead.
- They decided to split the inheritance equally among all siblings.
split
VERB//splɪt//
to divide or separate into parts
💡 Concept
The chef splits the hot pizza into triangular slices
🎵 Rhyme
When the ball I hit did split, I had no choice but to quit!
🎤Pronunciation
🇺🇸 US/splɪt/
🇬🇧 UK/splɪt/
🌳Etymology
Rootsplit
Origin
중세 네덜란드어 'splitten'에서 유래되었으며, 원래는 나무를 쪼개는 행위를 묘사했습니다. 시간이 지나면서 물리적 분리뿐만 아니라 추상적인 분할의 의미로도 확장되었습니다.
🎵Rhyme
hitfitsitbitquit
hit
fit
sit
bit
quit
🔗Collocations
split the bill
split personality
split decision
split second
split up
split hairs
split ends
📝Examples
😄 Fun example
“My jeans split right in the middle of my presentation!”
😄 Fun example
“The magician promised to split the audience's attention, but ended up splitting his pants instead.”
“They decided to split the inheritance equally among all siblings.”
“The company will split into two separate divisions next year.”
📚Related Words
Synonyms
divideseparatebreakpartitioncleave
Antonyms
unitejoinmergecombine
Related
cracktearfractionsectionportion
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