Dictionary

subdivide en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˌsʌb.dɪˈvaɪd/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁-der. Proto-Italic *wiðō Latin *vidō Latin dīvidōder. Middle English dividen English divide English subdivide From sub- + divide.

Meanings

1. (ambitransitive) To divide into smaller sections.
2. (ambitransitive) To divide into smaller sections. ▸ 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.
   • Several local families recorded plots of land as additions to the town's territory and subdivided them into house lots. 1993, Historic American Building Survey, Town of Clayburg: Refractories Company Town, National Park Service, 3
3. (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:

Forms

Deriveds

subdividingly · subdividable · subdivider

Relateds

subdivision

Translations (18)

pl dzielić wtórnie (To divide into smaller sections) · nl onderverdelen (To divide into smaller sections) · it suddividersi (To divide into smaller sections) · gv aarheynn (To divide into smaller sections) · gl subdividir (To divide into smaller sections) · bg подразделям (To divide into smaller sections) · fi jakaa (To divide into smaller sections) · es subdividir (To divide into smaller sections) · pt subdividir (To divide into smaller sections) · ru подразделя́ть (To divide into smaller sections) · mi roherohe (To divide into smaller sections) · ru подраздели́ть (To divide into smaller sections) · it suddividere (To divide into smaller sections) · ro subdiviza (To divide into smaller sections) · pl dzielić na mniejsze części (To divide into smaller sections) · ca subdividir (To divide into smaller sections) · mi tūtangatanga (To divide into smaller sections) · fr subdiviser (To divide into smaller sections)