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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

Etymology

Origin of split-up

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

Example Sentences

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split-up split up split-ups

He said he came home from school one day to find that most of the family’s household belongings were gone, divided between his split-up parents.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 27, 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

As part of split-up, Atos is considering spinning off and combining BDS with its services operations, notably those aimed at helping customers move to the cloud.

From Reuters ● Jun. 14, 2022

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

My parents split up when I was very young.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

Strictly Come Dancing dancers James and Ola have split up after 22 years of marriage, according to the Sun.

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026

Her parents split up when she was a child and while she isn't estranged from him, she says they've never been close.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

IBM and its advisers are aware that the disappointing results could make the company vulnerable to an activist investor or pressure to split up.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026

Cat couldn’t imagine an argument that would split up a family.

From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn

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

From Barron's ● Jan. 9, 2026

In 1977, The Washington Post diagnosed a “Capitol Hill ‘Divorce Epidemic’ ” after a spate of split-ups among senators.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 21, 2022

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