subdivision
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4.1
- noun
- /ˌsʌb.dɪˈvɪʒ.ən/
- US
:
urbanización
- Lives in that new subdivision over by the quarry.
- a residential subdivision
- a suburban subdivision
- a new subdivision
And what's the biggest threat to the small farms, subdivisions and development.
- And what's the biggest threat to the small farms, subdivisions and development.
- I lived way out in Wales, in, in the subdivision called the hills of Dalla Field.
- You realize I'm on a subdivision pond, right?
- There are so many subdivisions in this block that it'll have an HOA by next week.
- We had a person from my, my subdivision who came in and taught us some things because she'd been an exchange student.
- And when people hear subdivision, they think of suburbs and they think of these, you know, sort of homogeneous spaces.
- Those are actually my grandparents subdivision ponds or where they live.
- It's buildings, it's communities, it's subdivisions.
Examples
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Wolfram and I both lived out in one of the new subdivisions built in Jackson not long after the war.
Fiction book (2002) -
Yesterday she'd met with the other homeowners in their isolated subdivision far outside the city.
Fiction book (1998) -
Included in your district is a new subdivision of families with young children.
Academic text (1992) -
We're in a new housing subdivision.
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The psychic lives in a ranch house in a new subdivision on the east side of town.
Fiction book (1990) -
Immediately east of the park boundary is a recently developed subdivision and the small unincorporated town of Argyle.
Academic text (1998) -
There are so many subdivisions in this block that it'll have an HOA by next week.
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"It's the Barbers, out in Whispering Woods subdivision, south of New Brunswick, just off Route One."
Fiction book (1992) -
The February newsletter for the gated subdivision also addressed the rash of burglaries in the neighborhood.
Academic text (2017) -
They recently built a new subdivision with beautiful homes and gardens.
Synonyms
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1.8
An area in a town or city where people live near each other
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3.4
An area with new buildings for homes or shops
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2.1
Part of a town where people live in houses or apartments
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3.1
An area with many similar homes built together and run as one community
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5.3
A planned new area at the edge of a town for houses
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4.0
A group of similar houses built together as a new neighborhood
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3.1
An area of a town or city with mostly houses and apartments
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3.0
A group of houses or apartments built together as a planned neighborhood
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Etymology
Subdivision comes from sub- ('under' or 'below') and divide ('to separate'), so it is used for land that has been cut into smaller building lots, which is why a group of houses or a planned neighborhood can be called a subdivision.