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Subdivision

The act of subdividing, or separating a part into smaller parts.

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Narrower term 24

Above 76% connected

In or to a higher place; higher than; on or over the upper surface; over; -- opposed to below or beneath.

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Article 76% connected

A distinct portion of an instrument, discourse, literary work, or any other writing, consisting of two or more particulars, or treating of various to…

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Book 76% connected

A collection of sheets of paper, or similar material, blank, written, or printed, bound together; commonly, many folded and bound sheets containing c…

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Canto 76% connected

One of the chief divisions of a long poem; a book.

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Chapter 76% connected

A division of a book or treatise; as, Genesis has fifty chapters.

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Clause 76% connected

A separate portion of a written paper, paragraph, or sentence; an article, stipulation, or proviso, in a legal document.

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Close 76% connected

To stop, or fill up, as an opening; to shut; as, to close the eyes; to close a door.

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Closing 76% connected

of Close

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Conclusion 76% connected

The last part of anything; close; termination; end.

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Development 76% connected

The act of developing or disclosing that which is unknown; a gradual unfolding process by which anything is developed, as a plan or method, or an ima…

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End 76% connected

The extreme or last point or part of any material thing considered lengthwise (the extremity of breadth being side); hence, extremity, in general; th…

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Ending 76% connected

of End

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Episode 76% connected

A separate incident, story, or action, introduced for the purpose of giving a greater variety to the events related; an incidental narrative, or digr…

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Exposition 76% connected

The act of exposing or laying open; a setting out or displaying to public view.

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Insert 76% connected

To set within something; to put or thrust in; to introduce; to cause to enter, or be included, or contained; as, to insert a scion in a stock; to ins…

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Introduction 76% connected

The act of introducing, or bringing to notice.

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Lead 76% connected

One of the elements, a heavy, pliable, inelastic metal, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished. It is both malleable and ductile, though…

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Narration 76% connected

The act of telling or relating the particulars of an event; rehearsal; recital.

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Obligato 76% connected

See Obbligato.

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Passage 76% connected

The act of passing; transit from one place to another; movement from point to point; a going by, over, across, or through; as, the passage of a man o…

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Post office 76% connected

See under 4th Post.

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Recapitulation 76% connected

The act of recapitulating; a summary, or concise statement or enumeration, of the principal points, facts, or statements, in a preceding discourse, a…

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Spot 76% connected

A mark on a substance or body made by foreign matter; a blot; a place discolored.

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Sura 76% connected

One of the sections or chapters of the Koran, which are one hundred and fourteen in number.

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Division 76% connected

The act or process of diving anything into parts, or the state of being so divided; separation.

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Music 76% connected

The science and the art of tones, or musical sounds, i. e., sounds of higher or lower pitch, begotten of uniform and synchronous vibrations, as of a…

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Parcel 76% connected

A portion of anything taken separately; a fragment of a whole; a part.

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Partition 76% connected

The act of parting or dividing; the state of being parted; separation; division; distribution; as, the partition of a kingdom.

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Partitioning 76% connected

of Partition

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Section 76% connected

The act of cutting, or separation by cutting; as, the section of bodies.

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Segment 76% connected

One of the parts into which any body naturally separates or is divided; a part divided or cut off; a section; a portion; as, a segment of an orange;…

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Segmentation 76% connected

The act or process of dividing into segments; specifically (Biol.), a self-division into segments as a result of growth; cell cleavage; cell multipli…

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Tract 76% connected

A written discourse or dissertation, generally of short extent; a short treatise, especially on practical religion.

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Writing 76% connected

of Write

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Derivationally related 2

Subdivide 74% connected

To divide the parts of (anything) into more parts; to part into smaller divisions; to divide again, as what has already been divided.

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Subdivide 74% connected

To divide the parts of (anything) into more parts; to part into smaller divisions; to divide again, as what has already been divided.

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Synonym 3

Arm 92% connected

The limb of the human body which extends from the shoulder to the hand; also, the corresponding limb of a monkey.

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Branch 92% connected

A shoot or secondary stem growing from the main stem, or from a principal limb or bough of a tree or other plant.

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Section 92% connected

The act of cutting, or separation by cutting; as, the section of bodies.

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