subdivision

Other forms of subdivision

plural

subdivisions·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about subdivision

What does subdivision mean?

subdivision means "an area composed of subdivided lots". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in subdivision?

subdivision has 4 syllables: sub-di-vis-ion. The stress falls on "sub". In IPA it is /ˈsʌbdɪˌvɪʒən/.

What is another word for subdivision?

Close synonyms include branch, arm, section, subsection. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is subdivision a common word?

subdivision is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with subdivision?

7 words rhyme with subdivision. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.