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sub-

(word root) under, below, beneath

Examples of words with the root sub-: subject, subvert, subordinate, subcommittee

sub¹

(sŭb)

1. Nautical A submarine.

2. A submarine sandwich.

sub²

(sŭb) Informal

A substitute.

v. subbed, sub·bing, subs

v.intr.

To act as a substitute: a graduate student subbing for the professor.

v.tr.

1. To put or use (a person or thing) as a substitute: The coach subbed fresh players toward the end of the game. The cook subbed oil for butter.

2. Usage Problem To replace; substitute: The player was subbed after she committed two errors. Sub the chicken with tofu to make the dish vegetarian. See Usage Note at substitute.

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sub

(sʌb)

1. short for several words beginning with sub-. See subaltern, subeditor, submarine, subordinate, subscription, substandard, substitute, substratum⁶

2. (Industrial Relations & HR Terms) informal Brit an advance payment of wages or salary. Formal term: subsistence allowance

vb, subs, subbing or subbed

3. (intr) to serve as a substitute

4. (intr) informal to act as a substitute (for)

5. (Industrial Relations & HR Terms) informal Brit to grant or receive (an advance payment of wages or salary)

6. (Journalism & Publishing) (tr) informal short for subedit

7. (Photography) (tr) photog to apply a substratum to (a film or plate base)

SUB

abbreviation for

sport utility bike: a bicycle capable of carrying passengers or cargo

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sub

(sʌb)

n., v. subbed, sub•bing. n.

1. a submarine.

2. a substitute.

3. a submarine sandwich.

4. a sublieutenant.

5. a subordinate.

6. a subaltern.

v.i.

7. to act as a substitute for another.

[1695–1705; by shortening of words prefixed with sub-]

sub-

1. a prefix, occurring orig. in loanwords from Latin, with the meanings “under,” “below,” “beneath” (subsoil; subway), “just outside of,” “near” (subalpine; subtropical), “less than,” “not quite” (subhuman; suboscine; subteen), “secondary,” “at a lower point in a hierarchy” (subcommittee; subplot).

a. a prefix used in the names of chemical compounds that are bases.

b. a prefix used in the names of compounds in which an element is present in a relatively small proportion: suboxide.

For variants before following consonants in Latin loanwords, see su-, suc-, suf-, sug-, sum-, sup-, sur-², sus-.

[< Latin, prefixal form of sub (preposition); akin to Greek hypó; see hypo-]

sub.

1. subordinated.

2. subscription.

3. substitute.

4. suburb.

5. suburban.

6. subway.

sub

Past participle: subbed
Gerund: subbing

Imperative
sub
sub

Present
I sub
you sub
he/she/it subs
we sub
you sub
they sub

Preterite
I subbed
you subbed
he/she/it subbed
we subbed
you subbed
they subbed

Present Continuous
I am subbing
you are subbing
he/she/it is subbing
we are subbing
you are subbing
they are subbing

Present Perfect
I have subbed
you have subbed
he/she/it has subbed
we have subbed
you have subbed
they have subbed

Past Continuous
I was subbing
you were subbing
he/she/it was subbing
we were subbing
you were subbing
they were subbing

Past Perfect
I had subbed
you had subbed
he/she/it had subbed
we had subbed
you had subbed
they had subbed

Future
I will sub
you will sub
he/she/it will sub
we will sub
you will sub
they will sub

Future Perfect
I will have subbed
you will have subbed
he/she/it will have subbed
we will have subbed
you will have subbed
they will have subbed

Future Continuous
I will be subbing
you will be subbing
he/she/it will be subbing
we will be subbing
you will be subbing
they will be subbing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been subbing
you have been subbing
he/she/it has been subbing
we have been subbing
you have been subbing
they have been subbing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been subbing
you will have been subbing
he/she/it will have been subbing
we will have been subbing
you will have been subbing
they will have been subbing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been subbing
you had been subbing
he/she/it had been subbing
we had been subbing
you had been subbing
they had been subbing

Conditional
I would sub
you would sub
he/she/it would sub
we would sub
you would sub
they would sub

Past Conditional
I would have subbed
you would have subbed
he/she/it would have subbed
we would have subbed
you would have subbed
they would have subbed

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sub

(sab) noun

short for several words eg submarine, ~subscription etc. He's the commander of a sub; Several people still haven't paid their subs.

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Noun	1.	sub - a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States hero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, Italian sandwich, poor boy, Cuban sandwich, grinder, submarine sandwich, zep, torpedo, wedge, submarine, bomber, hero sandwich - two (or more) slices of bread with a filling between them
	2.	sub - a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes pigboat, submarine, U-boat attack submarine - a military submarine designed and armed to attack enemy shipping auxiliary research submarine - a submarine for research purposes conning tower - a raised bridge on a submarine; often used for entering and exiting escape hatch - hatchway that provides a means of escape in an emergency fleet ballistic missile submarine - a submarine carrying ballistic missiles nautilus, nuclear submarine, nuclear-powered submarine - a submarine that is propelled by nuclear power periscope - an optical instrument that provides a view of an otherwise obstructed field schnorchel, schnorkel, snorkel breather, breather, snorkel - air passage provided by a retractable device containing intake and exhaust pipes; permits a submarine to stay submerged for extended periods of time asdic, echo sounder, sonar - a measuring instrument that sends out an acoustic pulse in water and measures distances in terms of the time for the echo of the pulse to return; "sonar is an acronym for sound navigation ranging"; "asdic is an acronym for antisubmarine detection investigation committee" submersible warship, submersible - a warship designed to operate under water
Verb	1.	sub - be a substitute; "The young teacher had to substitute for the sick colleague"; "The skim milk substitutes for cream--we are on a strict diet" stand in, substitute, fill in exchange, interchange, change - give to, and receive from, one another; "Would you change places with me?"; "We have been exchanging letters for a year"

sub

noun

Informal. One that takes the place of another:

alternate, replacement, stand-in, substitute, surrogate.

Informal: fill-in, pinch hitter.

verb

Informal. To act as a substitute:

fill in, stand in, substitute, supply.

Informal: pinch-hit.

Translations

která začínají sub-zkratka pro některá slova

kontingentundervandsbåd

sub

undir-; neîan-; áskrift

iscrizione prestito redattore aggiunto revisionare sostituire

абонент

ponorkapredplatné

sub

² [sʌb] VI to sub for sb → hacer las veces de algn

sub

³ [sʌb]

A. N (= advance on wages) → avance m, anticipo m

B. VT → anticipar dinero a

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sub

[ˈsʌb]

(SPORT) (= substitute) → remplaçant(e) m/f

(= submarine) → sous-marin m

(US) (= sandwich) sandwich dans un pain allongé subs

npl (British) → cotisations fplsub- [ˈsʌb-] prefix → sub, sous

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sub

subaqua

adj attr → unter Wasser; sub club → Taucherklub m

subaquatic

adj → Unterwasser-

subarctic

adj → subarktisch

subatomic

adj particle → subatomar

subbasement

n → Kellergeschoss nt, → Kellergeschoß nt (Aus, Sw)

subcategory

n → Subkategorie f, → Untergruppe f

subclass

n → Unterabteilung f

subclassify

vti → unterteilen

subcommittee

n → Unterausschuss m

subcompact

n (US Aut) → Kleinstwagen m

subconscious

adj → unterbewusst

n the sub → das Unterbewusstsein; in his sub → im Unterbewusstsein

subconsciously

adv → im Unterbewusstsein

subcontinent

n → Subkontinent m

subcontract

vt → (vertraglich) weitervergeben (→ to an +acc)

n → Nebenvertrag m, → Untervertrag m

subcontractor

n → Unterkontrahent(in) m(f), → Subunternehmer(in) m(f)

subculture

n → Subkultur f

subcutaneous

adj → subkutan

subdirectory

n (Comput) → Unterverzeichnis nt

subdivide

vt → unterteilen

vi → sich aufteilen

subdivision

n (= act) → Unterteilung f; (= subgroup) → Unterabteilung f

subdominant

n → Subdominante f

adj sub chord → Subdominantakkord m

sub

subedit

vti (esp Brit) → redigieren

subeditor

n (esp Brit) → Redakteur(in) m(f)

subentry

n (Book-keeping) → Nebenposten m

subfamily

n (esp Biol) → Unterfamilie f

subfolder

n (Comput) → untergeordneter Ordner

sub-frame

n (of car) → Zwischenrahmen m, → Nebenrahmen m

subgrade

n (of road etc) → Unterbau m

subhead (inf), subheading

n → Untertitel m

subhuman

adj treatment, person → unmenschlich; they were treated as if they were sub → sie wurden behandelt, als seien sie Untermenschen

sub

sublease

n (= contract, on farm etc) → Unterpachtvertrag m → (on für); (on house etc) → Untermietvertrag m → (on für); they have a sub on that house → das Haus ist an sie untervermietet worden

vt land → unter- or weiterverpachten (→ to an +acc); house → unter- or weitervermieten (→ to an +acc); she has subd the flat from the tenants → sie hat die Wohnung in Untermiete

sublessee

n (of house) → Untermieter(in) m(f); (of land) → Unterpächter(in) m(f)

sublessor

n (of house) → Untervermieter(in) m(f); (of land) → Unterverpächter(in) m(f)

sublet pret, ptp <sublet>

vt house, room → unter- or weitervermieten (→ to an +acc)

vi → untervermieten

subletting

n → Untervermietung f

sublieutenant

n (esp Brit) → Leutnant m → zur See

sub

subpolar

adj → subpolar

sub-postmaster/-postmistress

n (Brit) → Poststellenleiter(in) m(f)

sub-post office

n (Brit) → Poststelle f

sub rosa (form)

adj → geheim, sub rosa (geh)

adv → im Geheimen, sub rosa (geh)

subroutine

n (Comput) → Unterroutine f, → Unterprogramm nt

sub

subsoil

n → Untergrund m

subsonic

adj → Unterschall-; sub speed → Unterschallgeschwindigkeit f

subspecies

n → Unterart f, → Subspezies f

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The best I did was to scrape alongside the sub. I heard someone shriek an order into the engine-room; the boat shuddered and trembled to the sudden reversing of the engines, and our speed quickly lessened.

"I know more about this particular sub than the officer who commanded her."

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"It's good for the protection of the district, it's good for the protection of the sub, and more importantly it's good for the protection of the students," says Larry More, a retired principal who now teaches a three-day course for substitutes in Iris district, Hillsborough County (Fla.) Public Schools.

It's data like this that have administrators in these districts concerned: With teachers out of the classroom (for any reason) at least 8 percent of the time per year, that adds up to an entire year of a student's K-12 education spent with a sub. "There isn't a school in America where teachers never leave, so substitutes affect every classroom in America," says Geoffrey G.

Winning the substitute game: attracting and retaining substitute teachers isn't just a game of chance. These district-tested moves and the ability to think like a sub can help

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