SPLIT / DIVIDE STH DOWN THE MIDDLE

Meaning of SPLIT / DIVIDE STH DOWN THE MIDDLE in English

to divide sth into two equal parts :

The country was split down the middle over the strike (= half supported it, half did not) .

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

DOWN — I. adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bird swoops down (= it suddenly flies down ) ▪ The bird swoops …
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MIDDLE — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Middle Congo Middle Stone Age Middle Ages Middle East Middle English {{link=Middle East Treaty …
Английский словарь Британика
SPLIT — I. ˈsplit, usu -id.+V verb ( split or archaic splitted ; split or archaic splitted ; splitting ; splits ) …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MIDDLE — I. ˈmid ə l adjective Etymology: Middle English middel, from Old English; akin to Old Frisian middel middle, Old Saxon …
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DOWN — I. ˈdau̇n noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English doun hill, from Old English dūn; akin to Middle Dutch dūne …
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DIVIDE — I. də̇ˈvīd verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English dividen, from Latin dividere, from di- (from dis- apart) + -videre …
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STH — abbreviation somatotropic hormone
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STH — abbreviation south
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MIDDLE — (a.) Equally distant from the extreme either of a number of things or of one thing; mean; medial; as, the …
Английский словарь Webster
MIDDLE — ( a. ) Equally distant from the extreme either of a number of things or of one thing; mean; medial; …
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
MIDDLE — /mid"l/ , adj., n., v., middled, middling . adj. 1. equally distant from the extremes or outer limits; central: the …
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DOWN — down 1 /down/ , adv. 1. from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a …
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DIVIDE — /di vuyd"/ , v. , divided, dividing , n. v.t. 1. to separate into parts, groups, sections, etc. 2. to …
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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
MIDDLE — I. ˈmi-d ə l adjective Etymology: Middle English middel, from Old English; akin to Old English midde Date: before 12th …
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DOWN — I. ˈdau̇n adverb Etymology: Middle English doun, from Old English dūne, short for adūne, of dūne, from a- (from of …
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DIVIDE — I. də-ˈvīd verb ( di·vid·ed ; di·vid·ing ) Etymology: Middle English, from Latin dividere, from dis- + -videre to separate …
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
MIDDLE — adj intermediate; intervening. 2. middle ·adj the waist. 3. middle ·adj equally distant from the extreme either of a number …
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DOWN — adj downcast; as, a down look. 2. down ·adv from a remoter or higher antiquity. 3. down ·vt to cover, …
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DIVIDE — vi to break friendship; to fall out. 2. divide ·vt to subject to arithmetical division. 3. divide ·vi to have …
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STH — ■ abbreviation south.
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
MIDDLE — middle BrE AmE ˈmɪd ə l ▷ middle|s z ▶ ˌ middle ˈ age BrE AmE ▶ ˌ Middle ˈ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SPLIT — / splɪt; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( split·ting , split , split ) DIVIDE 1. to divide, …
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MIDDLE — / ˈmɪdl; NAmE / noun , adjective ■ noun 1. the middle [ sing. ] the part of sth that …
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DOWN — / daʊn; NAmE / adverb , preposition , verb , adjective , noun ■ adverb HELP NOTE : For the …
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DIVIDE — / dɪˈvaɪd; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb SEPARATE 1. divide (sth) (up) (into sth) to separate or make …
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SPLIT — I. split 1 S2 W3 /splɪt/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle split , present participle splitting …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MIDDLE — I. mid ‧ dle 1 S1 W2 /ˈmɪdl/ BrE AmE noun 1 . CENTRE PART the middle the part that …
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DOWN — I. down 1 S1 W1 /daʊn/ BrE AmE adverb , preposition , adjective 1 . TO A LOWER POSITION to …
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DIVIDE — I. di ‧ vide 1 S2 W2 /dəˈvaɪd, dɪˈvaɪd/ BrE AmE verb [ Word Family: noun : ↑ divide , …
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SPLIT — v. & n. --v. (splitting; past and past part. split) 1 intr. & tr. a break or cause to break …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MIDDLE — adj., n., & v. --attrib.adj. 1 at an equal distance from the extremities of a thing. 2 (of a member …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DOWN — adv., prep., adj., v., & n. --adv. (superl. downmost) 1 into or towards a lower place, esp. to the ground …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DIVIDE — v. & n. --v. 1 tr. & intr. (often foll. by in, into) separate or be separated into parts; break …
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
MIDDLE — adj., n., & v. attrib.adj. 1 at an equal distance from the extremities of a thing. 2 (of a member …
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DOWN — adv., prep., adj., v., & n. adv. (superl. downmost) 1 into or towards a lower place, esp. to the ground …
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DIVIDE — v. & n. v. 1 tr. & intr. (often foll. by in, into) separate or be separated into parts; break …
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SPLIT — v. & n. --v. (splitting; past and past part. split) 1. intr. & tr. a break or cause to break …
Oxford English vocab
MIDDLE — adj., n., & v. --attrib.adj. 1. at an equal distance from the extremities of a thing. 2 (of a member …
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DOWN — 1. adv., prep., adj., v., & n. --adv. (superl. downmost) 1. into or towards a lower place, esp. to the …
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DIVIDE — v. & n. --v. 1. tr. & intr. (often foll. by in, into) separate or be separated into parts; break …
Oxford English vocab
DOWN — I. PREPOSITION AND ADVERB USES /daʊn/ Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SPLIT — ( splits, splitting) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. Note: The form 'split' …
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MIDDLE — ( middles) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. The middle of something …
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DIVIDE — ( divides, dividing, divided) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. When people …
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SPLIT — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a group splits up (= the members decide not to play together anymore ) …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MIDDLE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a middle position (= one that is between two extreme positions ) ▪ They …
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DIVIDE — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a cell divides ▪ White blood cells divide rapidly. be divided into chapters ▪ …
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SPLIT — (DIVIDE) [verb] splitting, past split - to (cause to) divide into two or more parts, esp. along a particular lineThe …
Cambridge English vocab
MIDDLE — [adjective] [before noun; not gradable]In the sequence a, b, c, d, e the middle letter is c, because there are …
Cambridge English vocab
DIVIDE — (SEPARATE) [verb] - to (cause to) separate into parts, or to cause (people) to disagree stronglyAt the end of the …
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MIDDLE — n. Middle West Middle Congo Middle Stone Age Middle Ages Middle East Middle English Middle East Treaty Organization
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
MIDDLE — Synonyms and related words : active, active voice, amidships, arbitrational, arbitrative, average, axial, axis, balance, bisect, center, center of action, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
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DOWN — n. back down bear down beat down bog down boil down bowl down break down bring down broken down buckle …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
DIVIDE — I. noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big , deep , great , sharp ▪ growing ▪ north-south , etc. ▪ class , …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
MIDDLE — INDEX: 1. the middle 2. in the middle RELATED WORDS between two or more people or things : ↑ BETWEEN …
Longman Activator English vocab
DOWN — INDEX: 1. moving down 2. to go down 3. when the sun goes down 4. to go down under the …
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SPLIT — n. 25B6; verb the axe split the wood : BREAK, chop, cut, hew, lop, cleave; snap, crack. the ice cracked …
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