subdivision
/ˈsʌbdɪvɪʒən/
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Philippines/sʌbdiˈviʃon/
subdivision noun: a division into smaller pieces of something that has already been divided.
Noun
subdivision (countable and uncountable, plural subdivisions)
- A division into smaller pieces of something that has already been divided.
- Formosa: Prewar conditions in Formosa were described in an article in FOREIGN COMMERCE WEEKLY of January 1, 1944. According to an announcement of the official Chinese News Service, there are to be 8 chief administrative subdivisions of Formosa. Although it is not known that their boundary lines...1945 December, Resumption of United States Trade with the Far East: Reopening of Commercial Channels and Relaxation of Trade Controls, Far Eastern Unit, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce...
- Such a piece that has been divided.
- Work on one subdivision at a time.
- A parcel of land that has been divided into lots.
- A group of houses created by the same builder or in the same general area.
- They're putting in a new subdivision out past Black Ranch Road.
- A gated community located within a barangay.
- ... By the 1970s, cattle rustling had fallen by the wayside, as tractors replaced carabaos and industrial estates and residential subdivisions supplanted rice fields as the mainstays of Cavite's suburban northern towns.1999, Vicente L. Rafael, Figures of Criminality in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Colonial Vietnam, SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 81
- As the farms give way to the residential subdivisions and industrial estates, the centuries-old traditional Filipino houses, slightly raised above grounds and standing on stilts, are abandoned in the quest for more living space.2014, Rodelio B. Carating, Raymundo G. Galanta, Clarita D. Bacatio, The Soils of the Philippines, Springer Science & Business, →ISBN, page 51
Verb
subdivision (third-person singular simple present subdivisions, present participle subdivisioning, simple past and past participle subdivisioned)
- To separate something into smaller pieces.
subdivision meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali
subdivision in Hindi
- division into smaller pieces of something
- उपखंड upkhaṇḍ
- such a piece that has been divided
- खण्डित khaṇḍit
subdivision in Tamil
- உட்பிரிவுப்படுத்துதல், உட்பிரிவுப்படுத்தல்
subdivision in Marathi
- उपविभागीकरण
subdivision in Bengali
- পুনর্বিভাজন, মহকুমা, শাখা, উপবিষয়
More languagesFewer languages
- subdivision in Telugu
- ఉపవిభాగం
- subdivision in Malayalam
- ഉപവിഭാഗം, ഉപവിഭാഗീകരണം
- subdivision in Kannada
- ಉಪವಿಭಾಗ, ಉಪವಿಭಾಗೀಕರಣ
- subdivision in Odia
- ମହକୁମା mahakumā
Examples of subdivision in a sentence
- This tree has sagittiform leaves, which lack divisions and subdivisions.
- The deepest layer of cervical fascia consists of two main subdivisions: the alar and prevertebral fasciae.
- In any case, Hadean time is not amenable to subdivision based on fossils.
Forms of subdivision
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | subdivisions |
| alternative form | subdiv. |
| alternative form | sbdv. |
| alternative form | subd. |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | subdivisions |
| present participle | subdivisioning |
| past participle | subdivisioned |
| past | subdivisioned |
Origin of subdivision
From sub- + division.
Words formed from subdivision
Phrases with subdivision
Questions about subdivision
- What does subdivision mean?
- Subdivision means a division into smaller pieces of something that has already been divided.
- What is subdivision in Hindi?
- Subdivision in Hindi is उपखंड (upkhaṇḍ), खण्डित (khaṇḍit). See Subdivision meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is subdivision?
- Subdivision can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce subdivision?
- Subdivision is pronounced /ˈsʌbdɪvɪʒən/.
- What is the plural of subdivision?
- The plural of subdivision is subdivisions.
Words near subdivision in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: subdivision (page history and authors); subdivision (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); subdivision (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); subdivision (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); subdivision (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); subdivision (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); subdivision (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ମହକୁମା (Odia) (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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