Join
Join verb - To come together to form a single unit.
Usage example: one oxygen atom and two hydrogen atoms join to make one water molecule
Split
Split verb - To set or force apart.
Usage example: split logs for the winter's supply of wood
How words are described
| original | original join | original split |
| deep | deep join | deep split |
| big | big join | big split |
| bad | bad join | bad split |
| Other adjectives: last. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- In Reds and Blues, the two families of feuding Liverpool and Everton supporters (and the audience, who are likely to be similarly split) briefly join together when a Manchester United fan shows up.
Source: Enemy Mine / Theater - But when he tries to join the study group he starts having split personality conversations with himself.
Source: Gollum Made Me Do It -
In the north, there have been many attempts dating to before the Civil War to get the Panhandle to split off and join neighboring Alabama.
Source: Divided States of America
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