verb
Meaning 1
To divide into smaller sections.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
subdivide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˌsʌb.dɪˈvaɪd/
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CMU ARPABET: S AH2 B D AH0 V AY1 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
verb
Meaning 2
To divide into smaller sections.
To divide a plot of land into plots for residences; to convert open land into housing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive
Topics: business, real-estate
Examples
- This used to be farmland before developers bought it and subdivided it.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To divide divisions into smaller divisions.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
divide into smaller and smaller pieces
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- This apartment cannot be subdivided any further!
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: divide, split, split up, separate, dissever, carve up
verb
Meaning 5
form into subdivisions
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The cells subdivided
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: separate, divide, part
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- Proto-Indo-European *dwóh1 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.
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: подразделям (podrazdeljam) — To divide into smaller sections
- Catalan: subdividir — To divide into smaller sections
- Dutch: onderverdelen — To divide into smaller sections
- Finnish: jakaa — To divide into smaller sections
- French: subdiviser — To divide into smaller sections
- Galician: subdividir — To divide into smaller sections
- Italian: suddividersi — To divide into smaller sections
- Italian: suddividere — To divide into smaller sections
- Manx: aarheynn — To divide into smaller sections
- Māori: roherohe — To divide into smaller sections
- Māori: tūtangatanga — To divide into smaller sections
- Polish: dzielić wtórnie — To divide into smaller sections
- Polish: dzielić na mniejsze części — To divide into smaller sections
- Portuguese: subdividir — To divide into smaller sections
- Romanian: subdiviza — To divide into smaller sections
- Russian: подразделя́ть (podrazdeljátʹ) — To divide into smaller sections
- Russian: подраздели́ть (podrazdelítʹ) — To divide into smaller sections
- Spanish: subdividir — To divide into smaller sections