subdivide
Americanverb (used with object)
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to divide (that which has already been divided) into smaller parts; divide again after a first division.
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to divide into parts.
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to divide (a plot, tract of land, etc.) into building lots.
verb (used without object)
verb
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to divide (something) resulting from an earlier division
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(tr) to divide (land) into lots for sale
Other Word Forms
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Conjugated Forms
Present
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subdividesimple
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subdividessimple
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have subdividedperfect
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has subdividedperfect
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am subdividingprogressive
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are subdividingprogressive
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is subdividingprogressive
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have been subdividingperfect progressive
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has been subdividingperfect progressive
Past
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subdividedsimple
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had subdividedperfect
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was subdividingprogressive
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were subdividingprogressive
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had been subdividingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of subdivide
First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English word from Late Latin word subdīvīdere. See sub-, divide
Example Sentences
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And so even in the legislature, we subdivide power again between Senate and house.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
Congress doesn’t have to remake the wheel if it wishes to subdivide its white-collar statutes; it can borrow from state codes.
From Slate • Oct. 16, 2023
“That male lineage unifies the tomb, whereas female ancestors subdivide the community.”
From Science Magazine • Oct. 4, 2023
Groups with more complex skeletons may occupy smaller niches and are less able to subdivide those niche spaces in order to produce new species.
From Science Daily • Sep. 25, 2023
He understood a lot about how to speculate for land, graze it, subdivide it, make it pay dividends.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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