subdivide
pronunciation
How to pronounce subdivide in British English:
UK [ˈsʌbdɪvaɪd]
How to pronounce subdivide in American English:
US [ˌsʌbdɪˈvaɪd, ˈsʌbdɪˌvaɪd]
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- Verb:
- form into subdivisions
- divide into smaller and smaller pieces
Word Origin
- subdivide (v.)
- early 15c. (transitive), from Late Latin subdividere from sub in the sense of "resulting from further division" (see sub-) + Latin dividere (see division). Intransitive sense is from 1590s.
Example
- 1. Then , further subdivide between foreign and domestic .
- 2. May subdivide a unit into two or more units .
- 3. Everything interpenetrates everything , and although human nature may seek to categorize and pigeonhole and subdivide , the various phenomena of the universe , all apportionments are of necessity artificial and all of nature is ultimately a seamless web .