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# subdivide

«subdivide» in Mova's school dictionary: **to divide something that has already been divided into…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (subdivide, subdivides, subdivided, subdividing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To subdivide is to divide something that has already been divided into even smaller parts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/subdivide/#m1)

2) (land, homes) To subdivide land is to split a big piece of land into smaller plots for houses (especially USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/subdivide/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In maths, you might divide a shape into halves, then subdivide each half into quarters, or subdivide a number line into tenths. In science, groups of animals are subdivided into smaller groups (classes, orders, families). In geography and everyday life, a «subdivision» is a new housing area made by subdividing land. Phrases: «subdivide into», «further subdivided».

### examples

- We divided the square into four and then subdivided each part into four again. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/subdivide/#x1)
- Each centimetre on a ruler is subdivided into ten millimetres. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/subdivide/#x2)
- Animals are subdivided into smaller and smaller groups. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/subdivide/#x3)
- The farmer subdivided his land and sold it for houses. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/subdivide/#x4)
- The teacher subdivided our group into pairs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/subdivide/#x5)
- The chapter is subdivided into short sections. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/subdivide/#x6)

### note

«Sub-» means «under» or «smaller»; subdivide = divide again. In maths: if a whole is divided into 4 parts and each is subdivided into 3, there are 4 × 3 = 12 smaller parts. Noun: «subdivision».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «subdivide» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/subdivide/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.