Meaning

2 senses
  1. (idiomatic, intransitive)Cease to be together, break apart from the group.

    After she left to go travelling, my girlfriend and I split up.

    The soldiers split up into smaller squadrons to search the building.

  2. (transitive)Separate, disassociate, cause to come apart.

    The brothers never behaved in class when they were together, so we had to split them up for the exam.

More definitions
  • get a divorce; formally terminate a marriage
  • become separated into pieces or fragments
  • discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
  • separate into parts or portions

Examples

94 sentences
  1. Tom and Mary have split up.

    Том і Мері розсталися. — deniko

    ruТом и Мэри расстались. — odexed

  2. Tom and I have split up.

    Ми маємо розстатися з Томом. — deniko

  3. They split up after a year of marriage.

    Вони розійшлися через рік після весілля. — fagott

    ruОни развелись через год после свадьбы. — RomanT

  4. Tom split up with Mary.

    Том розійшовся з Мері. — deniko

    ruТом расстался с Мэри. — marafon

    deTom hat sich von Mary getrennt. — al_ex_an_der

  5. Let's split up into groups.

    Давайте розділимося на групи. — deniko

    ruДавайте разделимся на группы. — sharptoothed

Translations

3 languages

Forms

splits up, splitting up, split up, split up
Base formsplit up · to split up
3rd person singularsplits up
Present participlesplitting up
Past simplesplit up
Past participlesplit up

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theysplit up
he, she, itsplits up

Past simpleLesson

all personssplit up

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave split up
he, she, ithas split up

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill split up

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

11 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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