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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

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

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

Those include cluster munitions and warheads that split up upon re-entry into the atmosphere.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

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

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

When Margaret and I split up at the mall so that we could buy presents for each other, I knew that that would be my chance to get to a shop that sold hair grips.

From "Silent To The Bone" by E.L. Konigsburg

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

“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

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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