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• split-up
  split-up

  noun

  a splitting or separating into two or more parts.
• split up
  split up

  verb

  (tr) to separate out into parts; divide

split-up

American  

[split-uhp] / ˈsplɪtˌʌp /

noun

• split-ups
  plural

1. a splitting or separating into two or more parts.

2. a separation or dissociation of two groups or people.

3. Commerce. a process of reorganizing a corporate structure whereby all the capital stock and assets are exchanged for those of two or more newly established companies, resulting in the liquidation of the parent corporation.

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split up British  

verb

1. (tr) to separate out into parts; divide

2. (intr) to become separated or parted through disagreement

   they split up after years of marriage

3. to break down or be capable of being broken down into constituent parts

   I have split up the question into three parts

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noun

1. the act or an instance of separating

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• split-ups
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of split-up

First recorded in 1830–40; noun use of verb phrase split up

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Example Sentences

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split-up split up split-ups

Moreover, the split-up sells itself in its own right.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

Through the current split-up plan, one company would become home to its movie studios and HBO Max streaming platform, while the other will include cable channels like CNN.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2025

An MP has criticised the "appalling" treatment of a family split-up by UK authorities as they tried to flee Sudan.

From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2023

Weeks after the outage, Alibaba group Chairman and CEO Daniel Zhang took over as head of the cloud unit, a role he will continue to hold concurrently even after the split-up.

From Reuters ● Mar. 31, 2023

He cried a little but he knew he would be all right because, ever since the split-up of his parents when he was five, he had pretty much raised himself.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger

He suggested Kao split up his donation to be “less conspicuous.”

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

This summer they met again, walking into the Karakoram range, before they would split up for different climbs.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

In the wake of what they view as Jane’s power grab, Steven and Amy see a scenario in which they are willing to split up the empire, much like Sol once did.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026

The Times spoke with renters at six apartment buildings in L.A. whose landlords use a formula to split up shared utilities.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

“Even if we split up, there isn’t any way we can make it all over campus. We don’t have enough time.”

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

We will see more financial engineering, spinoffs, split-ups, and other deals.

From Barron's ● Jan. 9, 2026

There’s no way to tell if these split-ups will work out better for shareholders than keeping the companies together.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 23, 2021

The move comes in the wake of some major U.S. corporate split-ups in the past, as listed below.

From Reuters ● Nov. 9, 2021

But in this country's sometimes wacky betting industry, bookies accept wagers and set odds on whatever fanciful idea crops up in a gambler's head - from predicting showbiz split-ups to the discovery of extraterrestrial life.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 26, 2011

Through his parents’ various marital split-ups, he’d moved repeatedly from one remote and inhospitable town to another, learning to negotiate a series of stepparents along the way.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz

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