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sub

1

[ suhb ]

noun

  1. a submarine.
  2. a substitute:

    We've got a sub in English this week because our teacher's home with the flu.

  3. a submarine sandwich.
  4. a submissive in a BDSM sexual encounter or relationship.
  5. a subcontractor.
  6. a sublieutenant.
  7. a subordinate.
  8. a subaltern.
  9. British. an advance against one's wages, especially one granted as a subsistence allowance.
  10. Photography. a substratum.


verb (used without object)

, subbed, sub·bing.
  1. to act as a substitute for another.
  2. to act as the submissive partner in a BDSM sexual encounter or relationship.

verb (used with object)

, subbed, sub·bing.
  1. Photography. to coat (a film or plate) with a substratum.

SUB

2

abbreviation for

  1. supplemental unemployment benefits.

sub-

3
  1. a prefix occurring originally in loanwords from Latin ( subject; subtract; subvert; subsidy ); on this model, freely attached to elements of any origin and used with the meaning “under,” “below,” “beneath” ( subalpine; substratum ), “slightly,” “imperfectly,” “nearly” ( subcolumnar; subtropical ), “secondary,” “subordinate” ( subcommittee; subplot ).
  2. Chemistry.
    1. a prefix indicating a basic compound:

      subacetate; subcarbonate; subnitrate.

    2. a prefix indicating that the element is present in a relatively small proportion, i.e., in a low oxidation state:

      subchloride; suboxide.

sub.

4

abbreviation for

  1. subordinated.
  2. subscription.
  3. substitute.
  4. suburb.
  5. suburban.
  6. subway.

sub

1

/ sʌb /

noun

  1. short for several words beginning with sub- See subaltern subeditor submarine subordinate subscription substandard substitute substratum
  2. informal.
    an advance payment of wages or salary Formal termsubsistence allowance
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. intr to serve as a substitute
  2. informal.
    intr to act as a substitute (for)
  3. informal.
    to grant or receive (an advance payment of wages or salary)
  4. informal.
    tr short for subedit
  5. tr photog to apply a substratum to (a film or plate base)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

sub-

2

prefix

  1. situated under or beneath

    subterranean

  2. secondary in rank; subordinate

    subeditor

  3. falling short of; less than or imperfectly

    subhuman

    subarctic

  4. forming a subdivision or subordinate part of a whole

    subcommittee

  5. in chemistry
    1. indicating that a compound contains a relatively small proportion of a specified element

      suboxide

    2. indicating that a salt is basic salt

      subacetate

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

sub.

3

abbreviation for

  1. subeditor
  2. subito (in music)
  3. subscription
  4. substitute
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

sub–

  1. A prefix that means “underneath or lower” (as in subsoil ), “a subordinate or secondary part of something else” (as in subphylum. ), or “less than completely” (as in subtropical. )


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Word History and Origins

Origin of sub1

By shortening of words prefixed with sub-

Origin of sub2

< Latin, combining form representing sub (preposition); akin to Greek hypó; hypo-
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sub1

from Latin sub
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Example Sentences

“One-third of South Asians and more than half of all Sub-Saharan Africans suffer from malnutrition or undernutrition,” he writes.

About one in three girls in sub-Saharan Africa experience sexual violence before turning 18.

This fate is unfortunately not rare for girls, especially in sub-Saharan Africa.

Many Obama administration sub-Cabinet positions (e.g. Surgeon General) have gone unfilled because of GOP opposition.

Sub- and counter-cultures are what have driven McKell throughout his career as a portrait photographer.

Habet Rimbegui ostia sua sub gradu quadragesimo tertio cum besse.

Lannes enlisted in the second battalion of the volunteers of Gers, and was at once elected sub-lieutenant by his fellow-citizens.

Not only did he provide sub-octave and super-octave couplers freely, but he even added a Swell Sub-quint to Great coupler!

REEF k, in latitude 14 degrees 47 minutes, has a dry sand upon it: its sub-marine extent was not ascertained.

Then he returned to his province, entered the seminary, and became a sub-deacon of the diocese of Nueva Segovia.

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