subdivide

sub- +‎ divide

• IPA^(key): /ˌsʌb.dɪˈvaɪd/

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

1. (transitive, intransitive) 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. (transitive, intransitive) To divide divisions into smaller divisions
   • Dryden

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

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /subˈdiː.wi.de/, [sʊbˈdiː.wɪ.dɛ]

subdīvide

1. second-person singular present active imperative of subdīvidō

• IPA^(key): /subdiˈbide/, [suβðiˈβiðe]

subdivide

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of subdividir.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of subdividir.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of subdividir.