Join and Split

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 is an antonym for join.

Nearby Words: joined, joining

Split

Split verb - To set or force apart.
Usage example: split logs for the winter's supply of wood

Join is an antonym for split in topics: break up, divide into parts.

Nearby Words: splice, splitting, splitter

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

party join party split party
force join force split force
family join family split family
cast join cast split cast
Other words: team, army, time, game, empire, side, war, forces.

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.
  • But when he tries to join the study group he starts having split personality conversations with himself.
  • Divided States of America 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.
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