| VERB | social | split up, divorce | get a divorce |
|---|---|---|---|
| social | split up, divide, split, separate, dissever, carve up | separate into parts or portions | |
| social | split up, separate, part, split, break, break up | discontinue an association / association / association or relation | |
| change | split up, break, separate, fall apart, come apart | become separated / separated into pieces or fragments | |
| NOUN | act | split up, split, stock split | an increase / increase / increase in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders' equity |
| Meaning | An increase / increase / increase in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders' equity. | |
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| Synonyms | split, stock split | |
| Broader | increase, step-up | The act of increasing / increasing something |
| Catalan | dividir, escindir | |
| Meaning | Get a divorce; formally terminate a marriage. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Model | Sam and Sue split up | |
| Synonym | divorce | |
| Entails | marry, get married, wed, conjoin, hook up with, get hitched with, espouse | Take in marriage |
| Broader | separate, part, split up, split, break, break up | discontinue an association / association / association or relation |
| Spanish | divorciarse, divorciar | |
| Catalan | divorciar-se, divorciar | |
| Meaning | discontinue an association / association / association or relation; go different ways / ways. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Example | "My friend and I split up" | |
| Synonyms | separate, part, split, break, break up | |
| Narrower | break, break away | interrupt a continued activity |
| break with | end a relationship / relationship | |
| disassociate, dissociate, divorce, disunite, disjoint | Part | |
| disunify, break apart | Break up or separate | |
| divorce, split up | Get a divorce | |
| give the axe, give the bounce, give the gate | terminate a relationship / relationship abruptly | |
| secede, splinter, break away | Withdraw from an organization or communion | |
| Spanish | distanciarse, separarse, separar | |
| Catalan | distanciar-se, separar-se, separar | |
| Meaning | Become separated / separated into pieces or fragments. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Synonyms | break, separate, fall apart, come apart | |
| Narrower | break up, fragment, fragmentize, fragmentise | break or cause to break into pieces |
| burst, split, break open | Come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure | |
| burst, bust | break open or apart suddenly and forcefully | |
| crush | Become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure | |
| ladder, run | Come unraveled or undone as if by snagging | |
| puncture | Be pierced or punctured | |
| smash | break suddenly into pieces, as from a violent blow | |
| snap, crack | Break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension | |
| Broader | change integrity | change in physical make-up |
| See also | fall | Pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind |
| Similar to | break | Destroy the integrity of |
| Spanish | partirse, romperse | |
| Catalan | partir-se, partir, trencar-se, trencar | |
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