subdivide
verb (used with object)
to divide (that which has already been divided) into smaller parts; divide again after a first division.
has subdivided
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present perfectof subdivide (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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“The Time Machine” is an alarming extrapolation of human tendencies of bifurcation, in which our progeny, circa 802,701 AD, has subdivided into the feckless Eloi and the troglodytic and cannibalistic Morlocks.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 17, 2016
For Mr. Jackman’s show, the strategy has subdivided the audience into haves and haves-less, with the producers charging the most elite levels the highest prices.
From New York Times ● Nov. 25, 2011
Public schools catch the country's youth before it has subdivided, when the percentage of musical talent is actually higher.
From Time Magazine Archive
In our Natica heros, for instance, the common large gray Sea-Snail of our coast, this change takes place when the yolk has subdivided into eight parts.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 61, November, 1862 by Various
Egg of Tardigrade, after the yolk has subdivided.
From On the Origin and Metamorphoses of Insects by Lubbock, John, Sir
