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subdividing

subdividing is the present participle and gerund 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

Noun

subdividing (plural subdividings)

  1. An act or process of subdivision.

Forms of subdividing

pluralsubdividings

Questions about subdividing

What does subdividing mean?
Subdividing means an act or process of subdivision.
What is subdividing the present participle and gerund of?
Subdividing is the present participle and gerund of subdivide.
What part of speech is subdividing?
Subdividing is a noun.
What is the plural of subdividing?
The plural of subdividing is subdividings.

Words near subdividing in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: subdividing (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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