This used to be farmland before developers bought it and subdivided it.
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Subdivide
//ˌsʌb.dɪˈvaɪd//
Synonyms for "subdivide" (93 found)
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Closest matches (19)
Strong matches (28)
Related words (46)
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Translations
18 translations across 14 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- подразделям verb (To divide into smaller sections)
Catalan
1 entries- subdividir verb (To divide into smaller sections)
Dutch
1 entries- onderverdelen verb (To divide into smaller sections)
Finnish
1 entries- jakaa verb (To divide into smaller sections)
French
1 entries- subdiviser verb (To divide into smaller sections)
Galician
1 entries- subdividir verb (To divide into smaller sections)
Italian
2 entries- suddividere verb (To divide into smaller sections)
- suddividersi verb (To divide into smaller sections)
Manx
1 entries- aarheynn verb (To divide into smaller sections)
Māori
2 entries- roherohe verb (To divide into smaller sections)
- tūtangatanga verb (To divide into smaller sections)
Polish
2 entries- dzielić na mniejsze części verb (To divide into smaller sections)
- dzielić wtórnie verb (To divide into smaller sections)
Portuguese
1 entries- subdividir verb (To divide into smaller sections)
Romanian
1 entries- subdiviza verb (To divide into smaller sections)
Russian
2 entries- подраздели́ть verb (To divide into smaller sections)
- подразделя́ть verb (To divide into smaller sections)
Spanish
1 entries- subdividir verb (To divide into smaller sections)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
Several local families recorded plots of land as additions to the town's territory and subdivided them into house lots.
Source: wiktionary
The progenies of Cham and Japhet swarmed into colonies, and those colonies were subdivided into many others.
Source: wiktionary
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