verb, noun
verb (splitting, split, split)
divide
1 to divide, or to make a group of people divide, into smaller groups that have very different opinions:
[VN] a debate that has split the country down the middle * [V] The committee split over government subsidies.
2 ~ (sth) (into sth) to divide, or to make sth divide, into two or more parts:
[VN] She split the class into groups of four. * [V] The results split neatly into two groups. * Slate splits easily into thin sheets.
seealsoSPLITUP
3 [VN] ~ sth (between sb/sth)
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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