nnoun.actan increase in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders' equitySynset:split stock split
Examples:- they announced a two-for-one split of the common stock
Hypernyms:increase step-up
Inherited Hypernyms:splitincreasechange of magnitudechangeactionacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
vverb.socialget a divorce; formally terminate a marriageSynset:divorce
Examples:- The couple divorced after only 6 months
Derivationally Related Form:divorcedivorceedivorcement
Hypernyms:break break up part separate split split up
Inherited Hypernyms:divorceseparate
Entailment:conjoin espouse get hitched with get married hook up with marry wed
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Somebody ---s | Sam and Sue --- (apply to: divorce, split up) | Sam cannot --- Sue (apply to: divorce)
vverb.socialseparate into parts or portionsSynset:carve up dissever divide separate split
Examples:- divide the cake into three equal parts
- The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I
Antonyms:unite
Derivationally Related Form:divisibledivisiondividersplit
Hypernyms:change integrity
Inherited Hypernyms:dividechange integritychange
Direct Hyponyms:BalkaniseBalkanizecantonformatinitialiseinitializelotparagraphparcelsectionalisesectionalizesliversplintersubdividetriangulateunitiseunitize
Full Troponyms:balkanizecantonformatlotparagraphparcelsectionalizesliversubdividetriangulateunitize
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | Something ---s something
vverb.socialdiscontinue an association or relation; go different waysSynset:break break up part separate split
Examples:- The business partners broke over a tax question
- The couple separated after 25 years of marriage
- My friend and I split up
Derivationally Related Form:separationbreakseparatistbreakupsplit
Inherited Hypernyms:separate
Direct Hyponyms:breakbreak apartbreak awaybreak withdisassociatedisjointdissociatedisunifydisunitedivorcegive the axegive the bouncegive the gatesecedesplintersplit up
Full Troponyms:breakbreak withdisassociatedisunifydivorcegive the axesecede
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s
vverb.changebecome separated into pieces or fragmentsSynset:break come apart fall apart separate
Examples:- The figurine broke
- The freshly baked loaf fell apart
Derivationally Related Form:breakbreakable
Hypernyms:change integrity
Inherited Hypernyms:breakchange integritychange
Direct Hyponyms:break openbreak upburstbustcrackcrushfragmentfragmentisefragmentizeladderpuncturerunsmashsnapsplit
Full Troponyms:atomizeblowbreak upbrecciatebruiseburstchampchawchewchompcrumbcrunchcrushgnashgnawgrategrindladdermillmumblepestlepoppoundpulppunctureragshattersmashsnapsplinterstavesunder
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | These glasses --- easily (apply to: break) | The wooden sticks --- (apply to: break)