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off-split

off-split is the alternative form of offsplit.

Meaning of offsplit

Noun

offsplit (plural offsplits)

  1. A splitting off or breaking away from; a secession; divergence.
    • If, in accordance with modern view of the phenomenology of religion, we want to look upon Baal as an offsplit of El, we are for several reasons prompted to regard this offsplit, at first hand, [...]1956, Gunnar Östborn, Yahweh and Baal

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Forms of off-split

Noun
pluraloff-splits
Verb
third-person singular presentoff-splits
present participleoff-splitting
past participleoff-split
pastoff-split

Questions about off-split

What is off-split the alternative form of?
Off-split is the alternative form of offsplit.

Words near off-split in the dictionary

  1. off-slip
  2. off-slips
  3. off-speed
  4. off-spin
  5. off-spinner
  6. off-split
  7. off-splits
  8. off-stage
  9. off-staged
  10. off-stages
  11. off-staging

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