subdivide

English

Etymology

sub- +‎ divide

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌsʌb.dɪˈvaɪd/

Verb

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.
   • Dryden (Can we date this quote by Dryden and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

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

Related terms

• subdivision

Translations

To divide into smaller sections

• Catalan: subdividir (ca)
• Dutch: onderverdelen (nl)
• Finnish: jakaa (fi)
• Galician: subdividir
• Italian: suddividersi (it), suddividere (it)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Manx: aarheynn
• Maori: roherohe, tūtangatanga
• Portuguese: subdividir
• Romanian: subdiviza (ro)
• Spanish: subdividir (es)

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Latin

Pronunciation

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

Verb

(deprecated template usage) subdīvide

1. second-person singular present active imperative of subdīvidō

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /subdiˈbide/ [suβ̞.ð̞iˈβ̞i.ð̞e]

Verb

subdivide

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of subdividir.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of subdividir.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of subdividir.