- 1[uncountable] the act of dividing a part of something into smaller parts
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- 2[countable] one of the smaller parts into which a part of something has been divided a political subdivision of the state subdivisions within the Hindu caste system
- 3[countable] an area of land that has been divided up for building houses on
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