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発音

• IPA: /ˌsʌb.dɪˈvaɪd/

動詞

subdivide (third-person singular simple present subdivides, present participle subdividing, simple past and past participle subdivided)

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.
   • [1682], [John] Dryden, Religio Laici or A Laymans Faith. A Poem, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC:

     The progenies of Cham and Japhet swarmed into colonies, and those colonies were subdivided into many others.

関連する語

• subdivision

動詞

subdīvide

1. second-person singular present active imperative of subdīvidō