subdivide

sub- +‎ divide

• IPA^(key): /ˌsʌb.dɪˈvaɪd/

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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.
   • 1682, John Dryden, Religio Laici

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

• subdivision

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /subˈdiː.u̯i.de/, [s̠ʊbˈd̪iːu̯ɪd̪ɛ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /subˈdi.vi.de/, [subˈd̪iːvid̪e]

subdīvide

1. second-person singular present active imperative of subdīvidō

From sub- +‎ divide.

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

1. to subdivide

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

• IPA^(key): /subdiˈbide/ [suβ̞.ð̞iˈβ̞i.ð̞e]
• Rhymes: -ide
• Syllabification: sub‧di‧vi‧de

subdivide

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