I.
noun
1 disagreement
ADJECTIVE
▪ clear , deep , major , serious
▪
A serious ~ in the ruling coalition appeared soon after the election.
▪ acrimonious , damaging
▪
Ten years after their acrimonious ~, the band has reformed.
▪ growing
▪ ideological
▪
an ideological ~ within the party
VERB + SPLIT
▪ cause , create , lead to
SPLIT + VERB
▪ appear , occur
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ between
▪
a ~ between the right and left wings of the party
▪ ~ in , ~ within
▪ ~ over
▪
a growing ~ in the Church over the issue of gay priests
▪ ~ with
▪
Mike's ~ with his wife
2 division between things
ADJECTIVE
▪ even
▪
It's an even ~; some love it, some hate it.
▪ two-way , three-way , etc. ( esp. BrE )
▪
The initiative was funded in a three-way ~ between the sponsors, the League and the clubs.
II.
verb
1 break into two or more parts
ADVERB
▪ easily
▪
Plastic ~s very easily.
▪ apart
▪ open
▪
The ripe seed pod ~s open and scatters the seeds.
▪ down the middle , in half , in two
▪
The lid had ~ down the middle.
▪
Split the coconut in half.
PREPOSITION
▪ into
▪
He ~ the log into several pieces.
2 separate into different groups
ADVERB
▪ eventually , finally
▪ apart , away , off , up
▪
The rock group ~ up last year.
PREPOSITION
▪ from
▪
Several factions ~ from the party.
▪ into
▪
In 1993 Czechoslovakia ~ into two independent states.
▪ on , over
▪
The party finally ~ over the issue of gun control.
PHRASES
▪ be deeply ~
▪
The party is deeply ~ on this issue.
3 divide/share sth
ADVERB
▪ equally , evenly
PREPOSITION
▪ among , between
▪
The cost has been ~ equally between three countries.
PHRASES
▪ ~ sth two, three, etc. ways
▪
The profit will be ~ three ways.
▪ ~ the difference
▪
I offered €200 but he wanted €300. In the end, we ~ the difference and I paid him €250.
▪ ~ your time between sth and sth
▪
She ~s her time between Madrid and Washington.
Split is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ nail
Split is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ atom , ↑ bill , ↑ booty , ↑ check , ↑ country , ↑ difference , ↑ duty , ↑ infinitive , ↑ log , ↑ party , ↑ proceeds , ↑ profit , ↑ vote