subdivision
noun
sub·di·vi·sion
ˈsəb-də-ˌvi-zhən 
1
: an act or instance of subdividing
2
: something produced by subdividing: such as
a
: a subordinate part of a larger whole
political subdivisions
b
: a tract of land surveyed and divided into lots for purposes of sale
especially
: one with houses built on it
3
: a category in botanical classification ranking below a division and above a class
Examples of subdivision in a Sentence
a political subdivision of the state
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These subdivisions are crossed not by timer or physical marker but by feeling.
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Matt Negrin, Rolling Stone, 20 Sep. 2025
Mattamy Homes will ask the Mooresville Planning Board to back a rezoning for its 34-acre Brillian Grove subdivision on McCrary Road.
—Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 20 Sep. 2025
In 1933, after a Los Angeles developer offered to buy the property for $320,000 to build a subdivision, John Pfeiffer sold it to California’s state parks department instead to preserve it in its natural state.
—Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2025
There is the conventional builder-developer, an entity that may do one-off custom houses but whose common specialization is mass production for subdivisions.
—Richard Olsen, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
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Matt Negrin, Rolling Stone, 20 Sep. 2025
Mattamy Homes will ask the Mooresville Planning Board to back a rezoning for its 34-acre Brillian Grove subdivision on McCrary Road.
—Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 20 Sep. 2025
In 1933, after a Los Angeles developer offered to buy the property for $320,000 to build a subdivision, John Pfeiffer sold it to California’s state parks department instead to preserve it in its natural state.
—Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2025
There is the conventional builder-developer, an entity that may do one-off custom houses but whose common specialization is mass production for subdivisions.
—Richard Olsen, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for subdivision
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“Subdivision.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/subdivision. Accessed 23 Sep. 2025.
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subdivision
noun
sub·di·vi·sion
ˌsəb-də-ˈvizh-ən
1
: the act or process of subdividing
2
: one of the parts into which something is subdivided
Medical Definition
subdivision
noun
sub·di·vi·sion
ˈsəb-də-ˌvi-zhən
: a category in botanical classification ranking below a division and above a class
Legal Definition
subdivision
noun
sub·di·vi·sion
ˈsəb-də-ˌvi-zhən
1
: an act or instance of subdividing
obtain approval of his subdivision of the land
2
: a tract of land subdivided into lots
to provide streets and sewers for the subdivision
3
: a part made by subdividing
as prescribed in subdivision one of this section
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