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sub-divide

sub-divide is the alternative form of subdivide.

Meaning of subdivide

Verb

subdivide (third-person singular simple present subdivides, present participle subdividing, simple past and past participle subdivided)

  1. (ambitransitive) To divide into smaller sections.
    1. (ambitransitive) To divide a plot of land into plots for residences; to convert open land into housing.
      • This used to be farmland before developers bought it and subdivided it.
  2. (ambitransitive) To divide divisions into smaller divisions.
    • The progenies of Cham and Japhet swarmed into colonies, and those colonies were subdivided into many others.[1682], [John] Dryden, Religio Laici or A Laymans Faith. A Poem, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC

Forms of sub-divide

third-person singular presentsub-divides
present participlesub-dividing
past participlesub-divided
pastsub-divided

Questions about sub-divide

What is sub-divide the alternative form of?
Sub-divide is the alternative form of subdivide.

Words near sub-divide in the dictionary

  1. sub-deserts
  2. sub-discipline
  3. sub-disciplines
  4. sub-district
  5. sub-districts
  6. sub-divide
  7. sub-divided
  8. sub-divides
  9. sub-dividing
  10. sub-Earth
  11. sub-Earths

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sub-divide (page history and authors); subdivide (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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