American English pronunciation
How to pronounce subdivisions
IPA transcription: ['sʌbdɪ,vɪʒənz]
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Noun
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a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical)
“he always turns first to the business section”
“the history of this work is discussed in the next section”
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a division of some larger or more complex organization
“a branch of Congress”
“botany is a branch of biology”
“the Germanic branch of Indo-European languages”
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a section of a section; a part of a part; i.e., a part of something already divided
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an area composed of subdivided lots
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the act of subdividing; division of something previously divided
Usage examples
- Highland has several neighborhoods and subdivisions.
- Alternatively, the traditional sexagesimal unit subdivisions can be used.
- The community consists of several subdivisions around an private lake.
- It had various subdivisions whose lengths varied by place and over time.
- Each banner had sumu as nominal subdivisions.
- All of them are also recognized as census subdivisions by Statistics Canada.
- It continues through Fairfax County, passing by subdivisions and strip malls.
- They are connected through Euharlee Road, and by a chain of subdivisions and homes.
- The Order was divided into five subdivisions.
- All of them are province-level subdivisions.