English Explanatory Dictionary

sub

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Abbreviation of submarine.
  2. Clipping of submarine sandwich: a sandwich made on a long bun.
  3. Clipping of submersible.
  4. Clipping of substitute, often in sports or teaching.
  5. Clipping of subscription (“a payment made for membership of a club, etc.”).
  6. Clipping of subtitle
  7. Clipping of subroutine (sometimes one that does not return a value, as distinguished from a function, which does)
  8. Clipping of subeditor
  9. Clipping of subcontractor
  10. Clipping of subwoofer
  11. Clipping of submission (of a work for publication).
  12. Clipping of submissive
verb
  1. To substitute for.
  2. To work as a substitute teacher, especially in primary and secondary education.
  3. To replace (a player) with a substitute.
  4. To bring on (a player) as a substitute.
  5. To perform the work of a subeditor or copy editor; to subedit.
  6. To subtitle (usually a film or television program).
  7. To lend (a person) money.
  8. To subscribe.
  9. To take a submissive role.
prep
  1. Under.
verb
  1. To coat with a layer of adhering material; to planarize by means of such a coating.
  2. To prepare (a slide) with a layer of transparent substance to support and/or fix the sample.

Pronunciation

sŭb /sʌb/ En-us-sub.ogg /sʊb/

Word forms

sub subs subbing subbed

Etymology

* Shortened form of any of various words beginning with sub-.

Synonyms

see submarine sandwich CC S

Related words

switch semper ubi sub ubi sub atomic sub fusc sub judice sub modo sub nom. sub silencio sub specie aeterni sub voce

Derived words

antisub blood sub D-sub dye-sub femsub giftsub Italian sub Italian sub sandwich malesub minisub narcosub party sub pizza sub pizza sub sandwich pub-sub semisub soft-sub soft sub stone sub subathon sub bench subchaser sub clover subdrop subhunter sub sandwich subspace sub tender supersub fansub subber subbie unsub resub sub in sub out

Translations

Finnish: subi Finnish: tekstitys
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