Meaning & use
subdivide
To divide something that has already been divided into smaller parts.
See it in a sentence
The developer plans to subdivide the farmland into residential lots.
Teachers subdivided the large class into smaller discussion groups for the activity.
A note on using this word
Subdivide implies a further, finer division of something already treated as one unit or a prior division.
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