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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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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

If Kellogg’s split-up taught us anything, it’s that value can often come from making a stand-alone business attractive to an acquirer.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2025

But now, looking at the proposed split-up, it’s clear Zaslav has nothing but contempt for the sporting world that, for now, remains one of traditional TV’s last solid revenue sources.

From Slate ● Jun. 10, 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

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

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

Freeman, on the other hand, started the season in triple A. But that didn’t split up the roommates.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026

Scientists have said there is no scientific reason to split up the MMR vaccine and that doing so could result in missed shots.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

On a normal night they would split up and divide the city a hundred ways between them, but not tonight.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

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

From Barron's ● Jan. 9, 2026

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

“I kinda agree,” he says about the research, although he adds this observation from 27 years of marital split-ups.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 23, 2016

His relationships with women were a mess, with split-ups, marriages and children sprinkled in with years of total isolation.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 12, 2015

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