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subdivide

/ˌsʌb.dɪˈvaɪd/

subdivide verb: to divide into smaller sections.

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.
      • Several local families recorded plots of land as additions to the town's territory and subdivided them into house lots.1993, Historic American Building Survey, Town of Clayburg: Refractories Company Town, National Park Service, 3
  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

subdivide meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada

subdivide in Tamil

உட்பிரிவு, உட்பிரிவுசெய்

subdivide in Bengali

পুনরায় বিভক্ত করা

subdivide in Malayalam

ഉപരിഭാഗം ചെയ്യുക, ഭാഗിച്ചതിനെ വീണ്ടും ഭാഗിക്കുക, വീണ്ടും വിഭജിക്കുക

subdivide in Kannada

ಉಪವಿಭಜಿಸು, ಉಪವಿಭಜನೆಮಾಡು, ಮತ್ತೆ ತುಂಡಿಸು, ಮಾರುಗಿ

Examples of subdivide in a sentence

  • Let's get everything sorted into the right drawers and not split hairs about subdividing it further yet.
  • He bought the land on spec — he thinks it's likely to be rezoned commercial and subdivided.
  • In most birds, the lung is functionally and anatomically subdivided into paleopulmo and neopulmo portions.

All 33 example sentences with subdivide

Forms of subdivide

third-person singular presentsubdivides
present participlesubdividing
past participlesubdivided
pastsubdivided

Past tense of subdivide: subdivided

Origin of subdivide

From sub- + divide.

Words formed from subdivide

Questions about subdivide

What does subdivide mean?
Subdivide means to divide into smaller sections.
What is subdivide in Tamil?
Subdivide in Tamil is உட்பிரிவு, உட்பிரிவுசெய். See Subdivide meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is subdivide?
Subdivide is a verb.
How do you pronounce subdivide?
Subdivide is pronounced /ˌsʌb.dɪˈvaɪd/.
What is the past tense of subdivide?
The past tense of subdivide is subdivided.

Words near subdivide in the dictionary

  1. subdiurnal
  2. subdiv.
  3. subdivergence
  4. subdivergences
  5. subdividable
  6. subdivide
  7. subdivided
  8. subdivider
  9. subdividers
  10. subdivides
  11. subdivideth

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Adapted from Wiktionary: subdivide (page history and authors); subdivide (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); subdivide (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); subdivide (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); subdivide (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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