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split
English
Etymology
Attested since about 1567, from Middle Dutch splitten (“to split”) and/or Middle Low German splitten (“to split”), from Old Saxon *spl?tan, both intensive forms related to Proto-West Germanic *spl?tan, from Proto-Germanic *spl?tan? (whence Danish splitte, Low German splieten, German spleißen), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pley- (“to split, splice”).
Compare Old English speld (“splinter”), Old High German spaltan (“to split”), Old Irish sliss (“splinter”), Lithuanian spaliai (“flax sheaves”), Czech p?l (“half”), Old Church Slavonic ???-??????? (ras-plitati, “to cleave, split”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: spl?t, IPA(key): /spl?t/
Adjective
split (not comparable)
- Divided.
- Republicans appear split on the centerpiece of Mr. Obama's economic recovery plan.
- (algebra, of a short exact sequence) Having the middle group equal to the direct product of the others.
- (of coffee) Comprising half decaffeinated and half caffeinated espresso.
- (stock exchange, 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.
- (stock exchange, historical, of quotations) Given in sixteenths rather than eighths.
- 10 3?16 is a split quotation.
- (London stock exchange) Designating ordinary stock that has been divided into preferred ordinary and deferred ordinary.
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
split (plural splits)
- A crack or longitudinal fissure.
- A breach or separation, as in a political party; a division.
- A piece that is split off, or made thin, by splitting; a splinter; a fragment.
- (leather manufacture) One of the sections of a skin made by dividing it into two or more thicknesses.
- (gymnastics, cheerleading, dance, 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.
- (bodybuilding) A workout routine as seen by its distribution of muscle groups or the extent and manner they are targetted in a microcycle.
- Hyponym: bro split
- (baseball, slang) A split-finger fastball.
- He’s got a nasty split.
- (bowling) A result of a first throw that leaves two or more pins standing with one or more pins between them knocked down.
- A split shot or split stroke.
- A dessert or confection resembling a banana split.
- A unit of measure used for champagne or other spirits: 18.75 centiliters or one quarter of a standard 75-centiliter bottle. Commercially comparable to 1?20 (US) gallon, which is 1?2 of a fifth.
- A bottle of wine containing 37.5 centiliters, half the volume of a standard 75-centiliter bottle; a demi.
- (athletics) The elapsed time at specific intermediate points in a race.
- In the 3000 m race, his 800 m split was 1:45.32
- (video games) The elapsed time at specific intermediate points in a speedrun.
- (construction) A tear resulting from tensile stresses.
- (gambling) A division of a stake happening when two cards of the kind on which the stake is laid are dealt in the same turn.
- (music) A recording containing songs by multiple artists.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
split (third-person singular simple present splits, present participle splitting, simple past and past participle split)
- (transitive, ergative, of something solid) To divide fully or partly along a more or less straight line.
- Synonym: cleave
- 1660, Robert Boyle, New Experiments Physico-Mechanical: Touching the Spring of the Air and their Effects
- a huge vessel of exceeding hard marble split asunder by congealed water
- (intransitive, of something solid, particularly wood) To break along the grain fully or partly along a more or less straight line.
- (transitive) To share; to divide.
- (transitive, intransitive, slang) To leave.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:leave
- (intransitive, of a couple) To separate.
- Synonyms: break up, split up
- (transitive, intransitive) To (cause to) break up; to throw into discord.
- Accusations of bribery split the party just before the election.
- (algebra, transitive and intransitive, acts on a polynomial) To factor into linear factors.
- 2007, John M. Howie, Fields and Galois Theory, Springer, page 103,
- In the first case , the minimum polynomial of , splits completely over ; in the second case we see that , the minimum polynomial of , does not split completely over .
- 2007, John M. Howie, Fields and Galois Theory, Springer, page 103,
- To be broken; to be dashed to pieces.
- (intransitive) To burst out laughing.
- (intransitive, slang, dated) To divulge a secret; to betray confidence; to peach.
- " […] I split, and tell all […] "
- (sports, especially baseball) For both teams involved in a doubleheader to win one game each and lose another.
- (intransitive, politics) To vote for candidates of opposite parties.
Derived terms
Translations
Anagrams
- slipt, spilt, stilp
Danish
Verb
split
- imperative of splitte
Spanish
Etymology
From English splits.
Noun
split m (uncountable)
- splits
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish split, borrowed from Middle Low German spliten (“to split”)
Noun
split n or c
- discord, strife, dissension
- Det blir avunden och splitet, som blir Sveriges fördärv.
- It is the envy and the strife, that will be Sweden's demise.
- Det blir avunden och splitet, som blir Sveriges fördärv.
- a split (of shares in a company)
- a side split, a straddle split (in gymnastics)
Declension
See also
- aktiesplit
- spagat
- splits
- splitt
Anagrams
- pilts
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opening
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?o?.p?.n??/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???.p?.n??/
Verb
opening
- present participle of open
Derived terms
- eye-opening (adjective)
Noun
opening (plural openings)
- An act or instance of making or becoming open.
- The daily openings of the day lily bloom gives it its name.
- He remembered fondly the Christmas morning opening of presents.
- Something that is open.
- A salamander darted out of an opening in the rocks.
- He slipped through an opening in the crowd.
- An act or instance of beginning.
- There have been few factory and store openings in the US lately.
- Their opening of the concert with Brass in Pocket always fires up the crowd.
- Something that is a beginning.
- The first performance of a show or play by a particular troupe.
- They were disappointed at the turnout for their opening, but hoped that word would spread.
- The initial period a show at an art gallery or museum is first opened, especially the first evening.
- The first few measures of a musical composition.
- (chess) The first few moves in a game of chess.
- John spends two hours a day studying openings, and another two hours studying endgames.
- The first performance of a show or play by a particular troupe.
- A vacant position, especially in an array.
- Are there likely to be any openings on the Supreme Court in the next four years?
- A time available in a schedule.
- If you'd like to make a booking with us, we have an opening at twelve o'clock.
- The only two-hour openings for the hockey rink are between 1AM and 5AM.
- An unoccupied employment position.
- We have an opening in our marketing department.
- An opportunity, as in a competitive activity.
- (mathematics) In mathematical morphology, the dilation of the erosion of a set.
Synonyms
- (something that is open): hole, gap, crevice; see also Thesaurus:hole or Thesaurus:interspace
- (available time): availability, slot
- (unoccupied employment position): job opening
Coordinate terms
- (opening of an art show): vernissage
Descendants
- ? Japanese: ?????? (?puningu)
Translations
Adjective
opening (not comparable)
- Pertaining to the start or beginning of a series of events.
- The opening theme of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony is, perhaps, the most recognizable in all of European art music.
- The opening act of the battle for Fort Sumter was the firing of a single 10-inch mortar round from Fort Johnson at 4:30 a.m. on April 12, 1861, by Lt. Henry S. Farley, who acted upon the command of Capt. George S. James, which round exploded over Fort Sumter as a signal to open the general bombardment from 43 guns and mortars at Fort Moultrie, Fort Johnson, the floating battery, and Cummings Point.
- (cricket) describing the first period of play, usually up to the fall of the first wicket; describing a batsman who opens the innings or a bowler who opens the attack
Derived terms
References
- “opening”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
- “opening” in the Collins English Dictionary
- “opening” in the Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Dutch
Etymology
From openen +? -ing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?o?p?n??/
Noun
opening f (plural openingen, diminutive openinkje n)
- opening, gap
- the act or process of being opened
Spanish
Noun
opening m (plural openings)
- opening sequence; title sequence
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