subdivide

English

Etymology

sub- +‎ divide

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌsʌb.dɪˈvaɪd/

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Verb

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

1. (transitive, intransitive) To divide into smaller sections.
   1. (real estate) 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.

      • 1993, Historic American Building Survey, Town of Clayburg: Refractories Company Town, National Park Service, 3:

        Several local families recorded plots of land as additions to the town's territory and subdivided them into house lots.

2. (transitive, intransitive) To divide divisions into smaller divisions.
   • , [John] Dryden, Religio Laici or A Laymans Faith. A Poem, London: Jacob Tonson , →OCLC:

     The progenies of Cham and Japhet swarmed into colonies, and those colonies were subdivided into many others.

Related terms

• subdivision

Translations

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /subˈdiː.u̯i.de/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /subˈdi.vi.de/,

Verb

subdīvide

1. second-person singular present active imperative of subdīvidō

Romanian

Etymology

From sub- +‎ divide.

Verb

a subdivide (third-person singular present subdivide, past participle not used) 3rd conj.

1. to subdivide

Conjugation

Further reading

• subdivide in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /subdiˈbide/
• Rhymes: -ide
• Syllabification: sub‧di‧vi‧de

Verb

subdivide

1. inflection of subdividir:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative