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subdivides

subdivides is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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

Questions about subdivides

What is subdivides the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Subdivides is the third-person singular simple present indicative of subdivide.

Words near subdivides in the dictionary

  1. subdividable
  2. subdivide
  3. subdivided
  4. subdivider
  5. subdividers
  6. subdivides
  7. subdivideth
  8. subdividing
  9. subdividingly
  10. subdividings
  11. subdivine

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Adapted from Wiktionary: subdivides (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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