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English noun: subdivision | |||
| 1. | subdivision (location) an area composed of subdivided lots | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | parcel, parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, tract | ||
| 2. | subdivision (act) the act of subdividing; division of something previously divided | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | division, partition, partitioning, sectionalisation, sectionalization, segmentation | ||
| 3. | subdivision (group) a division of some larger or more complex organization | ||
| Samples | A branch of Congress. Botany is a branch of biology. The Germanic branch of Indo-European languages. | ||
| Synonyms | arm, branch | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | division | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | executive branch, Executive Office of the President, judicial branch, legislative branch, local post office, post office | ||
| 4. | subdivision (communication) a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical) | ||
| Samples | He always turns first to the business section. The history of this work is discussed in the next section. | ||
| Synonyms | section | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | music, piece of writing, writing, written material | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | above, article, book, canto, chapter, clause, close, closing, conclusion, development, end, ending, episode, exposition, insert, introduction, lead, lead-in, lede, mezuza, mezuzah, narration, obbligato, obligato, passage, recapitulation, sports section, spot, spot, sura | ||
| Domain category | music | ||
| 5. | subdivision (artifact) a section of a section; a part of a part; i.e., a part of something already divided | ||
| Synonyms | subsection | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | section, segment | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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