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Moderatesplit
The correct spelling is split.
How to pronounce split
/splɪt/
nounIPA: /splɪt/
Say it like: Spl-it
The correct spelling is split. A crack or longitudinal fissure. For example: "He’s got a nasty split."
Usage Examples
“He’s got a nasty split.”
“In the 3000 m race, his 800 m split was 1:45.32”
“He has split his lip.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A crack or longitudinal fissure.
- 2.A breach or separation, as in a political party; a division.
- 3.A piece that is split off, or made thin, by splitting; a splinter; a fragment.
- 4.(leather manufacture) One of the sections of a skin made by dividing it into two or more thicknesses.
- 5.(cheerleading, usually in the phrase "to do the splits") A maneuver of spreading or sliding the feet apart until the legs are flat on the floor 180 degrees apart, either sideways to the body or with one leg in front and one behind, thus lowering the body completely to the floor in an upright position.
verb
- 1.Of something solid, to divide fully or partly along a more or less straight line.
- 2.Of something solid, particularly wood, to break along the grain fully or partly along a more or less straight line.
- 3.To share; to divide.
- 4.To leave.
- 5.(of a couple) To separate.
adjective
- 1.Divided.
- 2.(of a short exact sequence) Having the middle group equal to the direct product of the others.
- 3.(of coffee) Comprising half decaffeinated and half caffeinated espresso.
- 4.(of an order, sale, etc.) Divided so as to be done or executed part at one time or price and part at another time or price.
- 5.(of quotations) Given in sixteenths rather than eighths.
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