subdivision
part of speech
noun (a subdivision, subdivisions)
meaning for a pupil
1) A subdivision is a smaller part made when something already divided is divided again. tree →
2) Subdivision is the act of dividing something into smaller parts. tree →
3) (US, Canada, Australia, NZ) A subdivision is an area of land divided into plots where new houses are built, a housing estate. tree →
sense in the lessons
Maths: on a ruler, centimetres are subdivided into millimetres; scales and number lines have subdivisions, so you count each small mark carefully. Geography: a county or district is a subdivision of a country or state. Everyday life (North America, Australia, NZ): «They live in a new subdivision».
examples
- Each centimetre has ten subdivisions called millimetres. tree →
- A county is a subdivision of a country. tree →
- They bought a house in a new subdivision. tree →
- Count the subdivisions between 0 and 1 on the scale. tree →
- The farm was sold for subdivision. tree →
- Chapters have subdivisions called sections. tree →
note
Countable. Verb: subdivide. Maths tip: if there are 5 spaces (subdivisions) between 0 and 10, each space is worth 2, not 1 — count spaces, not lines.
Trees and pragmatics
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