Subdivide

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ËŒsÊŒb.dɪˈvaɪd/

Origin

- + divide

Full definition of subdivide

Verb

1. (ambitransitive) 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. (ambitransitive) To divide divisions into smaller divisions
• DrydenThe progenies of Cham and Japhet swarmed into colonies, and those colonies were subdivided into many others.