SPLIT AN INFINITIVE

Meaning of SPLIT AN INFINITIVE in English

to place an adverb between 'to' and the infinitive of a verb, for example, to say 'to strongly deny a rumour'. Some people consider this to be bad English style.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

INFINITIVE — adj [Gram.] infinitive
Interlingua English vocab
AN — [an] 1. interr part -; an ille habe le libro? has he the book?; 2. conj whether -an suffixo adjective …
Interlingua English vocab
INFINITIVE — n. ~
English interlingue dictionary
INFINITIVE — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English infinityf, from Late Latin infinitivus, from Latin infinitus Date: 15th century formed with the ~, …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SPLIT — I. ˈsplit, usu -id.+V verb ( split or archaic splitted ; split or archaic splitted ; splitting ; splits ) …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
INFINITIVE — I. ə̇nˈfinəd.iv, -ətiv adverb Etymology: Late Latin infinitivus, from Latin infinitus infinite + -ivus -ive — more at infinite : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AN — I. _ən, after some consonants often ə n, esp emphatic or hesitating or after a pause (|)an; see usage note …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
-AN
Webster's New International English Dictionary
INFINITIVE — (adv.) In the manner of an infinitive mood.
Английский словарь Webster
INFINITIVE — (n.) An infinitive form of the verb; a verb in the infinitive mood; the infinitive mood.
Английский словарь Webster
INFINITIVE — (n.) Unlimited; not bounded or restricted; undefined.
Английский словарь Webster
AN — () This word is properly an adjective, but is commonly called the indefinite article. It is used before nouns of …
Английский словарь Webster
INFINITIVE — ( n. ) Unlimited; not bounded or restricted; undefined.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
INFINITIVE — ( n. ) An infinitive form of the verb; a verb in the infinitive mood; the infinitive mood.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
INFINITIVE — ( adv. ) In the manner of an infinitive mood.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
AN — This word is properly an adjective, but is commonly called the indefinite article. It is used before nouns of the …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SPLIT — — splittable , adj. /split/ , v. , split, splitting , n. , adj. v.t. 1. to divide or separate …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
INFINITIVE — — infinitively , adv. /in fin"i tiv/ , Gram. n. 1. a verb form found in many languages that functions …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
AN — an 1 /euhn/ ; when stressed /an/ , indefinite article. the form of a before an initial vowel sound ( …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
INFINITIVE — adj. characterized by or containing an infinitive (Grammar)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
INFINITIVE — n. simple form of a verb which does not specify a subject (Grammar)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SPLIT — I. ˈsplit verb ( split ; split·ting ) Etymology: Dutch splitten, from Middle Dutch; akin to Middle High German splīzen …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
INFINITIVE — I. in-ˈfi-nə-tiv adjective Etymology: Middle English infinityf, from Late Latin infinitivus, from Latin infinitus Date: 15th century : formed with …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
AN — I. ən, (ˈ)an indefinite article Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ān one — more at one Date: before 12th …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
-AN
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SPLIT — adj divided; cleft. 2. split ·adj divided deeply; cleft. 3. split ·vi to burst with laughter. 4. split ·noun a …
Webster English vocab
INFINITIVE — adv in the manner of an infinitive mood. 2. infinitive ·noun unlimited; not bounded or restricted; undefined. 3. infinitive ·noun …
Webster English vocab
AN — conj if; a word used by old english authors. 2. an ·- this word is properly an adjective, but …
Webster English vocab
INFINITIVE — [ ɪn'fɪnɪtɪv ] ■ noun the basic form of a verb, without an inflection binding it to a particular subject …
Concise Oxford English vocab
SPLIT — [split] vb split ; split.ting [D splitten, fr. MD; akin to MHG splizen to split and prob. to OHG spaltan …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
INFINITIVE — [in.fin.i.tive] adj [ME infinityf, fr. LL infinitivus, fr. L infinitus] (15c): formed with the infinitive -- in.fin.i.tive.ly adv [2]infinitive n …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
-AN
Merriam-Webster English vocab
INFINITIVE — infinitive BrE AmE ɪn ˈfɪn ət ɪv -ɪt- AmE \ -ət̬ ɪv ▷ infinitive|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SPLIT — / splɪt; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( split·ting , split , split ) DIVIDE 1. to divide, …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
INFINITIVE — / ɪnˈfɪnətɪv; NAmE / noun ( grammar ) the basic form of a verb such as be or run . …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SPLIT — I. split 1 S2 W3 /splɪt/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle split , present participle splitting …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
INFINITIVE — in ‧ fin ‧ i ‧ tive /ɪnˈfɪnətɪv, ɪnˈfɪnɪtɪv/ BrE AmE noun [countable] technical [ Date: 1400-1500 ; Language: Late …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
AN — I. a S1 W1 /ə; strong eɪ/ BrE AmE ( also an ) indefinite article , determiner 1 . used …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SPLIT — v. & n. --v. (splitting; past and past part. split) 1 intr. & tr. a break or cause to break …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
AN — adj. the form of the indefinite article (see A(1)) used before words beginning with a vowel sound (an egg; an …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SPLIT — v. & n. v. (splitting; past and past part. split) 1 intr. & tr. a break or cause to break …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
AN — adj. the form of the indefinite article (see A(1)) used before words beginning with a vowel sound (an egg; an …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SPLIT — v. & n. --v. (splitting; past and past part. split) 1. intr. & tr. a break or cause to break …
Oxford English vocab
SPLIT — ( splits, splitting) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. Note: The form 'split' …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
INFINITIVE — ( infinitives) The infinitive of a verb is the basic form, for example ‘do’, ‘be’, ‘take’, and ‘eat’. The infinitive …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SPLIT — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a group splits up (= the members decide not to play together anymore ) …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
INFINITIVE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES split infinitive COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE split ▪ Star Trek is the series made …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
AN
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SPLIT — (DIVIDE) [verb] splitting, past split - to (cause to) divide into two or more parts, esp. along a particular lineThe …
Cambridge English vocab
INFINITIVE — [noun] [C] [specialized] - the form of a verb that usually follows 'to'In the sentences 'I had to go' and …
Cambridge English vocab
INFINITIVE — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ bare ▪ Modal verbs generally take the bare ~. ▪ perfect ▪ You use ‘have’ to form …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SPLIT — n. 25B6; verb the axe split the wood : BREAK, chop, cut, hew, lop, cleave; snap, crack. the ice cracked …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SPLIT
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
AN — indefinite article BAD : I had never visited an hospital before. GOOD : I had never visited a hospital before. …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
SPLIT — 1. сущ. 1) а) расщипление, раскалывание б) перен. процесс раздела корпорации 2) трещина, щель, расщелина; прорезь 3) а) раскол, брожения …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
INFINITIVE — 1. сущ. инфинитив, неопределенная форма глагола 2. прил. неопределенный (грамматика) инфинитив, неопределенная форма глагола - split /cleft/ * расщепленный инфинитив …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SPLIT — split.ogg 1. splıt n 1. раскалывание; расщепление 2. (продольная) трещина, щель; расщелина; прорезь a split in a door - щель …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
INFINITIVE — 1. ınʹfınıtıv n грам. инфинитив, неопределённая форма глагола split /cleft/ infinitive - расщеплённый инфинитив ( напр. , to quickly advance) …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SPLIT — 1) дробление сигнала 2) колотый 3) разводная 4) разделение 5) разрезной 6) разъемный 7) раскалывание 8) раскалывать 9) расколотый 10) расселина 11) расслаивать 12) расчленение 13) расчлененный 14) расщепление 15) расщепленный 16) расщепляться 17) сечься 18) составной 19) …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
SPLIT
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
SPLIT — 1. splıt n 1. раскалывание; расщепление 2. (продольная) трещина, щель; расщелина; прорезь a split in a door - щель в …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
INFINITIVE — 1. ınʹfınıtıv n грам. инфинитив, неопределённая форма глагола split /cleft/ infinitive - расщеплённый инфинитив ( напр. , to quickly advance) …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
SPLIT
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
INFINITIVE — 1. сущ. инфинитив, неопределенная форма глагола Gram: Infinitive Infinitive clause Infinitives joined by and , but , except , or …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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