subdivide
verb
sub·di·vide
ˌsəb-də-ˈvīd 
ˈsəb-də-ˌvīd
subdivided; subdividing; subdivides
1
: to divide the parts of into more parts
2
: to divide into several parts
especially
: to divide (a tract of land) into building lots
: to separate or become separated into subdivisions
subdivider
noun
Examples of subdivide in a Sentence
The house is being subdivided into several apartments.
The people who attend the conference can be subdivided into three distinct groups.
He plans to subdivide his property.
The land will be subdivided into building lots.
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Between every frame a disjunctive gap intrudes, subdividing the whole back into its parts, and thereby confronting the viewer with the plethora of copy culture, a barely manageable immensity of data.
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Jan Tumlir, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2025
Others contain heavy metal doors, with pull-down handles, opening onto side decks that were once used by sailors to move around the ship but now are subdivided into private, sea view balconies.
—Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2025
This year, there 228 series submissions across drama, comedy and limited or anthology, which means there are still plenty of contenders if Emmy were to subdivide categories.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 7 Aug. 2025
Its terminal supply is hard-limited to 21 million, its ledger is updated every ten minutes with no central authority, each unit subdivides into one-hundred-million ‘sats,’ and anyone with an open-source client can validate its authenticity.
—Dave Birnbaum, Forbes.com, 18 July 2025
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Jan Tumlir, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2025
Others contain heavy metal doors, with pull-down handles, opening onto side decks that were once used by sailors to move around the ship but now are subdivided into private, sea view balconies.
—Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2025
This year, there 228 series submissions across drama, comedy and limited or anthology, which means there are still plenty of contenders if Emmy were to subdivide categories.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 7 Aug. 2025
Its terminal supply is hard-limited to 21 million, its ledger is updated every ten minutes with no central authority, each unit subdivides into one-hundred-million ‘sats,’ and anyone with an open-source client can validate its authenticity.
—Dave Birnbaum, Forbes.com, 18 July 2025
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“Subdivide.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/subdivide. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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subdivide
verb
sub·di·vide
ˌsəb-də-ˈvīd
1
: to divide the parts of something into more parts
2
: to divide into several parts
especially
: to divide a piece of land into building lots
Legal Definition
subdivide
transitive verb
sub·di·vide
ˌsəb-də-ˈvīd, ˈsəb-də-ˌ
: to divide into several parts
specifically
: to divide (a tract of land) into two or more lots for sale or building development
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