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10 Language-to-English Dictionariessubdivision
Pronunciation / Transliteration: subdivision
"Cette règle s'applique à chaque subdivision du département."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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A division of a part of something into smaller parts.
"The committee created a subdivision to handle the budget."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Late Latin 'subdivisio', formed by the prefix 'sub-' (under, below) combined with 'divisio' (a dividing). Entering English in the late 16th century, it initially referred to the act of dividing a part into smaller parts, eventually evolving in North American real estate to denote a tract of land divided into lots for housing developments, which parallels the Spanish concept of a 'colonia'.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Subdivision" is said worldwide
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subdivision
Transliteration: subdivision
"Cette règle s'applique à chaque subdivision du département."
Unterteilung
Transliteration: Unterteilung
"Die Unterteilung des Textes in Abschnitte ist sehr hilfreich."
suddivisione
Transliteration: suddivisione
"La suddivisione dei compiti è stata fatta equamente."
subdivisión
Transliteration: subdivisión
"Viven en una nueva subdivisión a las afueras de la ciudad."
subdivisão
Transliteration: subdivisão
"O projeto foi aprovado com várias subdivisões."
उप-विभाजन
Transliteration: up-vibhajan
"इस अध्याय का एक नया उप-विभाजन जोड़ा गया है।"
细分
Transliteration: xìfēn
"市场细分对于制定营销策略非常重要。"
세부구분
Transliteration: sebugubun
"이 문서는 여러 세부구분으로 나뉘어 있습니다."
細分
Transliteration: saibun
"作業の細分化によって効率が向上した。"
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