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Definition: Sub |
SubNoun1. 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. 2. A submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes. Verb1. Be a substitute. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "sub" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | SUB Substitute. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
SUB | Danish | Substitute character | Computing |
SUB | Dutch | Vervangingsteken | Computing |
SUB | English | Subroutine | N/A |
SUB | French | Caractère substitut | Computing |
SUB | German | Subadresse | Post & Telecom |
SUB | Greek | υποδιευθυνσιοδότηση | Post & Telecom |
SUB | Italian | Sottoindirizzamento | Post & Telecom |
SUB | Portuguese | Subendereçamento | Post & Telecom |
SUB | Spanish | Subdireccionamiento | N/A |
| Sub. | English | Suburb | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: SubSynonyms: bomber (n), grinder (n), hero (n), hero sandwich (n), hoagie (n), hoagy (n), pigboat (n), poor boy (n), submarine (n), submarine sandwich (n), torpedo (n), wedge (n), zep (n), fill in (v), stand in (v), substitute (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Air | Adverb: in the open air, a la belle etoile, al fresco; sub jove dio. |
Concealment | Januis clausis, with closed doors, a huis clos; hugger mugger, a la derobee; under the cloak of, under the rose, under the table; sub rosa, en tapinois, in the background, aside, on the sly, with bated breath, sotto voce, in a whisper, without beat of drum, a la sourdine. |
Discord | Phrase: quot homines tot sententiae; no love lost between them, non nostrum tantas componere lites; Mars gravior sub pace latet. |
Exteriority | In the open air; sub Jove, sub dio; a la belle etoile, al fresco. |
Inattention | Adverb: inattentively, inadvertently, absent-mindedly; Adjective: per incuriam, sub silentio. |
Inferiority | Adjective: inferior, smaller; small; minor, less, lesser, deficient, minus, lower, subordinate, secondary; secondrate; (imperfect); sub, subaltern; thrown into the shade; weighed in the balance and found wanting; not fit to hold a candle to, can't hold a candle to. |
Inquiry | Undetermined, untried, undecided; in question, in dispute, in issue, in course of inquiry; under discussion, under consideration, under investigation; Noun: sub judice, moot, proposed; doubtful; (uncertain). |
Latency Implication | Phrase: "thereby hangs a tale"; tacitum vivit sub pectore vulnus; where there's smoke, there's fire. |
Adverb: by a side wind; sub silentio; in the background; behind the scenes, behind one's back; on the tip of one's tongue; secretly; between the lines. | |
Lawsuit | Phrase: adhuc sub judice lis est; accedas ad curiam; transeat in exemplum. |
Adjective: litigious; (quarrelsome); qui tam; coram judice, sub judice. | |
Revenge | Aeternum servans sub pectore vulnus; rankling; immitigable. |
Uncertainty | Adverb: pendente lite; sub spe rati. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Sub |
| English words defined with "sub": sub rosa ♦ Under the rose. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "sub": belding, buffet boundary, buffet onset ♦ carbonitriding, Cargo NOS, chemical vapour deposition, Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program, Crescit, Cupid's Golden Arrow ♦ Doctors Disagree ♦ Fahrenwald machines ♦ g-suit ♦ heat stress index of Belding and Hatch ♦ line starve ♦ Non-Vessel Operating Common Carrier ♦ phillipite ♦ rigid coupling, rod reducing bushing ♦ sampler head, satellite station, Stanton number, Stanton's no., Sub Cultro Liquit, Sub Hasta, Sub-Lapsarian, Supra-Lapsarian ♦ thorium sulfides. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "sub": suzerain. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Sub" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Esperanto (below, beneath, under, underneath), Italian (skindiver), Latin (about, at the foot of, before, behind, below, beneath, close to, during, subaltern, subordinate, subpoena, subsume, sweetness, under, until, up to, up under, within), Portuguese (sub-address), Romanian (at, below, beneath, in, under, underneath). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | He then proceeds to order an Aristotle of the most ping-pong tiddly in the Nuclear sub. (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels; writing credit: Guy Ritchie) Sub arctic temperatures will force us underground for a billion, billion years (Ice Age; writing credit: Michael Berg) Kid, you gotta get that sub. (1941; writing credit: Robert Zemeckis; Bob Gale) The formula they all laughed at -- Z sub A, A sub T ZaAt (Zaat; writing credit: Ron Kivett; Lee O. Larew) You're just a sub. (One Eight Seven; writing credit: Scott Yagemann) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Hum Sub Ustad Hain (1965) Sub aripa vulturului (1963) Focuri sub zapada (1941) Sub terra (2003) Impuscaturi sub clar de luna (1977) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
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![]() | Title page to manual - "The Submarine Fathometer" Fathometer invented by Herbert Grove Dorsey of the Sub Signal Corporation. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. | ![]() | Early graphic record from Sub Signal system Off S.S. Yarmouth between Boston and Yarmouth Bulletin 6 of the Association of Field Engineers, Dec. 1932, p. 60. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
![]() | NURP's Hawaii center operates an RCV-150 as a safety system for its sub. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP). | ![]() | Perry wet sub and mobile habitat (MOHAB) off Lee Stocking Island. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP). |
![]() | Lockheed Corp.'s DEEP QUEST was instrumented more like a space ship than a sub. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP). | ![]() | CLELIA, a Perry Oceanographic-built sub, prepares to launch. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP). |
![]() | DEEP ROVER is a one person sub with an acryllic sphere. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP). | ![]() | Deep Ocean Engineering's DEEP ROVER one person sub dives to 300 meters. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP). |
![]() | ALUMINAUT, 51 ft. long, five person sub, more submarine than submersible. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP). | ![]() | MERMAID deployed from support ship Aloha-- commercial sub leased for science. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP). |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "SUB ZERO" by Victor Silkin Commentary: "Nothing like freezing Melbourne Morning." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | The most important sub sectors were the meat processing and bakery industries. (references) | |
It should be noted that potential still exists, particularly in the grid-connected wind farm sub sector. (references) | ||
By sub sectors, the bakery processing equipment sector is highly fragmented and dominated by locally owned firms. (references) | ||
Economic History | China | There are seven major Chinese dialects and many sub dialects. (references) |
Haiti | Import demand for prepared food has risen because of popularity of new fast food franchises like Jerry's Sub Pizza and Domino's. (references) | |
Spain | The pharma-chemicals industry continuous to be the chemical sub sector enjoying major market expansion within the Spanish chemical industry. (references) | |
Political Economy | SOUTH AFRICA | While poverty, inequality, unemployment, lack of skilled labor, corruption, increasing crime, and the acceleration in the incidence of HIV/AIDS remain significant sociopolitical problems, South Africa remains the largest and most developed country in Sub Saharan Africa. (references) |
Trade | Argentina | Regional technical regulations are developed and/or harmonized within the government MERCOSUR Sub Working Group 3 in the following fields: automotive, foods, metrology, safety of electrical products, toys, and others. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
James Cameron | Not when you're doing it. I think there's a little apprehension before, you know, maybe the night before, when you get in the sub and they close the hatch. But from that moment on, it's all business. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Sub" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 69.92% of the time. "Sub" is used about 389 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 69.92% | 272 | 17,812 |
| Noun (proper) | 17.74% | 69 | 40,280 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 6.94% | 27 | 66,962 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 2.83% | 11 | 106,044 |
| Unclassified Items | 2.57% | 10 | 111,207 |
| Total | 100.00% | 389 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "sub" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Sub | Last name | 130 | 67,417 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name |
| Thailand | Sub Sri Thai Warehouse Public Co. Ltd. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "sub": adhuc sub judice lis est ♦ aeternum servans sub pectore vulnus ♦ Mars gravior sub pace latet ♦ sub for ♦ sub for smb. ♦ sub jove dio ♦ sub judice ♦ sub layer ♦ sub letting ♦ sub machine gun ♦ sub ministry ♦ sub rosa ♦ sub silentio ♦ sub spe rati ♦ sub unit. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "sub": sub-abilities, sub-accounts, sub-acid, sub-acqua, sub-activities, sub-activity, sub-acute, sub-address, sub-addressing, sub-adult, sub-adults, sub-aerial, sub-aerially, sub-agent, sub-agents, sub-alpine, sub-alps, sub-amatory, sub-amendments, sub-analyses, sub-antarctic, sub-apostolic, sub-aqua, sub-aquatic, sub-aqueous, sub-arctic, sub-area, sub-area broadcast, sub-area communication center, sub-areas, sub-armour, sub-art, sub-arterial, sub-aspects, sub-assemblies, sub-assembly, sub-assembly-type, sub-assumptions, sub-astral, sub-atlantic, sub-atomic, sub-attributes, sub-audible, sub-average, sub-b, sub-band, sub-bands, Sub-base, sub-base course, sub-basement, sub-bases, sub-bases, sub-basin, sub-basins, Sub-bass, sub-beings, sub-belinda, sub-boreal, sub-boxes, sub-branch, sub-branches, sub-brechtian, sub-breeds, sub-bureaux, sub-businesses, sub-buyer, sub-cabinet, sub-camp, sub-carpathian, sub-carrier, sub-case, sub-cases, sub-castes, sub-categories, sub-categorisations, sub-category, sub-ceilings, sub-cellarer, sub-cellular, sub-central, sub-centre, sub-centres, sub-chambers, sub-channel, sub-characters, sub-charter, sub-chaucerian, sub-chiefs, sub-christian, sub-chunks, sub-circuit, sub-circuits, sub-clan, sub-clans, sub-class, sub-class, sub-classes, sub-classification, sub-classifications, sub-classified, sub-classify, sub-clause, sub-clauses, sub-climate, sub-clinically, sub-cloned, sub-clusters, sub-collar, sub-collection center, sub-command, sub-commandant, sub-commercial, Sub-commission, sub-commissioner, sub-commissions, sub-committee, sub-committeee, sub-committees, sub-communities, sub-community, sub-company, sub-compartments, sub-competitive, sub-component, sub-components, sub-concert, sub-conductor, sub-conscious, sub-consciously, sub-consciousness, sub-consciousnesses, sub-constituents, sub-contact, sub-continent, sub-continental, sub-continental broadcast, sub-contract, sub-contracted, sub-contracting, sub-contractor, sub-contractors, sub-contracts, sub-conversation, sub-conversions, sub-copland, sub-coronation, sub-cortical, sub-councils, sub-county, sub-cratonic, sub-create, sub-crop, sub-crustal, sub-cults, sub-cultural, sub-culture, sub-cultures, sub-daemons, sub-dallas, sub-deacon, sub-dealers, sub-dean, sub-degree, sub-delegate, sub-delegated, sub-delegation, sub-delta, sub-deltas, sub-department, sub-departments, sub-desertic, sub-designation, sub-dialect, sub-dictionaries, sub-dimensions, sub-directories, sub-directory, sub-disciplinary, sub-discipline, sub-discipline-based, sub-disciplines, sub-district, sub-districts, sub-divide, sub-divided, sub-divides, sub-dividing, sub-divine, sub-division, sub-divisional, sub-divisions, Sub-divisions-are, sub-domain, sub-domains, sub-dominant, sub-dynasty, sub-ealing, sub-economy, sub-ed, sub-edit, sub-edited, sub-editing, sub-editor, sub-editorial, sub-editors, sub-editorship, sub-eight, sub-elements, sub-elgar, sub-elite, sub-endocardial, sub-endothelial, sub-endothelium, sub-environment, sub-environments, sub-epithelial, sub-equal, sub-equipments, sub-ether, sub-ethnicities, sub-european, sub-explanation, sub-faces, sub-factors, sub-faculties, sub-faculty, sub-families, sub-family, sub-family, sub-fecundity, sub-fellini-esque, sub-femtosecond, sub-fertility, sub-field, sub-fields, sub-file, sub-filed, sub-files, sub-flamenco, sub-floor, sub-forms, sub-four, sub-four-minute, sub-fours, sub-fractions, sub-frame, sub-freezing, sub-function, sub-functions, sub-fund, sub-funds, sub-fusc, sub-gaols, sub-garbo, sub-gce, sub-generic, sub-genre, sub-genres, sub-genus, sub-glass, sub-global, sub-goal, sub-goals, sub-government, sub-governments, sub-governor, sub-gradations, sub-grades, sub-graphs, sub-gravity, sub-gricean, sub-grounds, sub-group, sub-groupings, sub-groups, sub-grunge, sub-gun, sub-harmonic, sub-harmonics, sub-head, sub-heading, sub-headings, sub-headquarters, sub-heads, sub-hippy, sub-hitchcock, sub-hitchcockian, sub-horizontal, sub-human, sub-humanity, sub-humans, sub-hunters, sub-hypotheses, sub-imperial, sub-impressionist, sub-incision, sub-inspector, sub-instructions, sub-integrator, sub-interval, sub-issues, sub-ives, sub-jagger, sub-jane, sub-jmcs, sub-judice, sub-king, sub-kingdom, sub-kingdoms, sub-kings, sub-language, sub-lateral, sub-lava, sub-layer, sub-lease, sub-leased, sub-leases, sub-leasing, sub-lessee, sub-lessor, sub-let, sub-lethal, sub-lets, sub-letted, sub-letting, sub-level, sub-levels, sub-lexicon, sub-librarian, sub-licence, sub-licencees, sub-licences, sub-licencing, sub-license, sub-licensed, sub-licensee, sub-licensees, sub-licenses, sub-licensing, sub-licensor, sub-lieutenant, sub-light, sub-limit, sub-limits, sub-line, sub-lineage, sub-lingual, sub-list, sub-literary, sub-literate, sub-literature, sub-lithospheric, sub-littoral, sub-localities, Sub-louis, Sub-lt, sub-lunar, sub-mach, sub-machine, sub-machinegun, sub-machine-gun, sub-machine-guns, sub-main, sub-man, sub-managers, sub-mandibular, sub-manor, sub-mariners, sub-market, sub-markets, sub-martin, sub-maxillary, sub-maxim, sub-maximal, sub-maxims, sub-maximum, sub-membrane, sub-men, sub-menu, sub-messages, sub-metacentric, sub-metal, sub-micron, sub-milankovitch, sub-millimetre, sub-mind, sub-minoan, sub-minors, sub-model, sub-modules, sub-montane, sub-moral, sub-movements, sub-mtv, sub-multiple, sub-mycenaean, sub-nanosecond, sub-national, sub-natural, sub-networks, sub-nietzschian, sub-normal, sub-normals, sub-notebook, sub-nuclear, sub-objectives, sub-objects, sub-ocean, sub-oestrus, sub-office, sub-officed, sub-officer, sub-offices, sub-one-minute, sub-operation, sub-optimal, sub-optimality, sub-optimally, sub-option, sub-options, sub-orbital, sub-order, sub-orders, sub-ordinate, sub-ordination, sub-organisations, sub-organist, sub-organization, sub-organizations, sub-orwellian, sub-package, sub-packages, sub-packs, sub-panel, sub-panels, sub-par, sub-para, sub-paradigm, sub-paragraph, sub-paragraphs, sub-parallel, sub-parcel, sub-parcels, sub-part, sub-parts, sub-passions, sub-pattern, sub-patterns, sub-pavement, sub-period, sub-periods, sub-permian, sub-persona, sub-personal, sub-personalities, sub-personality, sub-phrase, sub-plan, sub-plans, sub-plates, sub-pledge, sub-pleural, sub-plinian, sub-plot, sub-plots, sub-po, sub-poena, sub-poetic, sub-polar, sub-political, sub-ponds, sub-pop, sub-population, sub-populations, sub-post, sub-postmaster, sub-postmasters, sub-postmistress, sub-prefect, sub-prefecture, sub-principles, sub-prior, sub-prioress, sub-prioresses, sub-problem, sub-problems, sub-process, sub-processes, sub-professionals, sub-profit-maximising, sub-program, Sub-programme, sub-programmes, sub-programs, sub-project, sub-projects, sub-proletariat, sub-pubic, sub-publishers, sub-pulsar, sub-purchaser, sub-question, sub-questions, sub-rack, sub-radar, sub-range, sub-rational, sub-real, sub-realistic, sub-record, sub-records, sub-rectangular, sub-recursive, sub-region, sub-regional, sub-regions, sub-regulation, sub-rent, sub-rents, sub-retail, sub-roman, sub-rosa, sub-routes, sub-routine, sub-routines, sub-rule, sub-rules, sub-sahara, Sub-Saharan, sub-saharan, Sub-Saharan Africa, sub-sahelian, sub-saintly, sub-sale, sub-sales, sub-sample, sub-samples, sub-sampling, sub-satellite, sub-scales, sub-schema, sub-schemas, sub-schools, sub-scores, sub-screens, sub-scripts, sub-sea, sub-seabed, sub-sect, sub-section, sub-sections, sub-sector, sub-sectors, sub-sects, sub-sell, sub-selling, sub-seneschals, sub-sequences, sub-sequent, sub-series, sub-set, sub-sets, sub-sexual, sub-sharan, sub-shed, sub-shell, sub-shells, sub-shrubby, sub-shrubs, sub-skills, sub-slate, sub-society, sub-soil, sub-soils, sub-song, sub-sorted, sub-space, sub-spaces, sub-species, sub-specific, sub-stage, sub-stages, sub-stances, sub-standard, sub-state, sub-statement, sub-statesmen, sub-station, sub-stations, sub-stavinsky, sub-stilettoes, sub-strata, sub-strate, sub-strategic, sub-strategies, sub-stratum, sub-string, sub-strokes, sub-structural, sub-structure, sub-structures, sub-studies, sub-style, sub-sub-branches, sub-sub-committee, Sub-sub-committees, sub-sub-delegation, sub-subdirectories, Sub-sub-headings, sub-submenu, sub-subsistence, sub-sub-topic, sub-sub-units, sub-supplier, sub-surface, sub-surfaces, sub-system, sub-system, sub-systems, sub-targets, sub-task, sub-tasks, sub-teacher, sub-teams, sub-techno, sub-tenancies, sub-tenancy, sub-tenant, sub-tenants, sub-terence, sub-terms, sub-tertiary, sub-test, sub-tests, sub-text, sub-texts, sub-theme, sub-themes, sub-theory, sub-tidal, sub-tippee, sub-tippees, sub-title, sub-titled, sub-titles, sub-titling, sub-to, sub-tolkien, sub-topic, sub-topics, sub-total, sub-totals, sub-track, sub-traction, sub-trades, sub-treasurer, sub-tree, sub-trees, sub-triassic, sub-tribe, sub-tries, sub-triforium, sub-tropical, sub-tropics, sub-type, sub-types, sub-underlease, sub-underleases, sub-underletting, sub-under-licensees, sub-underwrite, sub-underwriters, sub-underwriting, sub-unit, sub-unital, sub-units, sub-universe, sub-universes, sub-university, sub-urban, sub-utility, sub-variety, sub-versions, sub-violent, sub-vocal, sub-vocalize, sub-vocalizing, sub-ward, sub-warden, sub-warholian, sub-warp, sub-whole, sub-wildean, sub-woofer, sub-woofing, sub-word, sub-world, sub-xxxx, sub-zero, sub-zone, sub-zones. | |
Ending with "sub": super-sub. | |
Containing "sub": module-sub-type-is, Westbury-sub-mendip. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
sub woofer | 12,479 | build a sub woofer box | 90 |
sub seven | 2,592 | mr sub | 88 |
sub | 929 | sub woofer review | 84 |
sub zero | 763 | sub sandwich | 83 |
profile sub | 627 | sub prime lender | 81 |
sub woofer box | 530 | sub seven trojan | 79 |
download seven sub | 476 | sub c | 76 |
sub woofer enclosure | 295 | car sub | 76 |
aim profile sub | 278 | box custom sub | 75 |
sub zero refrigerator | 254 | sub woofer box design | 72 |
quiznos sub | 254 | custom enclosure sub woofer | 72 |
cousin sub | 175 | sub pop | 71 |
sub box | 165 | 7 download sub | 68 |
firehouse sub | 151 | subway sub | 66 |
powered sub woofer | 129 | sub woofer cable | 65 |
sub seven 2.2 | 125 | 2.2 download seven sub | 64 |
car sub woofer | 112 | blimpie sub | 63 |
sub command | 101 | gun machine sub thompson | 63 |
custom sub woofer box | 99 | kicker sub | 63 |
sub machine gun | 98 | sub port | 63 |
sub woofer box building | 63 | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "sub"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | njeri që merr me nënqira (sub-lessee), njeri që jep me nënqira (sub-lessor), ndihmës bibliotekari (sub-librarian), nën- (sub-, vice-). (various references) | |
Arabic | فرعي (bye, subsidiary), ناب (canine, cuspid, fang, represent, substitute, tooth, tusk), غواصة (submarine), تحت بادئة, تابع (adherent, attached, citizen, dependent, disciple, follow, follow up, follower, following, forward, function, get on, go ahead, keep an eye on, page, post, press, pursue, put up with, redirect, satellite, send on, subject, subordinate, subsequent, subservient, subsidiary, tributary, under one's thumb, underlying, urge, vassal), عمل كبديل, ثانوي (bye, inferior, insignificant, marginal, minor, petty, secondary, side, unimportant), دون بادئة. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | голям сандвич от франзела (submarine), нисш офицерски чин, замествам някого, заместник-редактор, заместник (alternate, deputy, lieutenant, pinch hitter, proxy, replacement, secondary, stand by, stand in, substitute, succedaneum, successor, surrogate, vice, vicegerent), заместител (analog, analogue, makeshift, stand in, substituent, substitute, succedaneum, surrogate), аванс (advance, backfire), абонамент (subscription), подчинен (ancillary, dependant, dependent, inferior, sidekick, sub-, subaltern, subject, subordinate, subservient, tributary, under, underling, vassal), подводница (submarine). (various references) | |
Chinese | 潜水艇 (Sub-, submarine). (various references) | |
Czech | sub-, redaktor (editor, editor in chief, redactor), ponorka (pig-boat, submarine), pod-, předplatné (subscription), předpis (law, observance, ordinance, precept, prescription, recipe, regulation, rule), náhradník (alternate, reserve player, stand in, standby, substitute, surrogate, understudy). (various references) | |
Danish | subalpin bøgeskov met løn og Rumex arifolius (sub-alpine beech wood with maple and Rumex arifolius), subskema (local view, sub-model, sub-schema), subscene (sub-scene), subrefraktions-forhold (sub-refractive condition), submultipla af samplingsfrekvensen (sub-multiples of the sampling frequency), subkultur (subculture, sub-culture), substandard-skib (substandard ship, sub-standard vessel), sub-ego (sub ego), skib under den internationale standard (substandard ship, sub-standard vessel), sub-addressing (sub-addressing), SUB (sub-address, substitute character), smalfilm (narrow-gauge film, narrow-gauged film, sub-standard film), små finiskring (sub-miniature fuse-link), sekundaert sugedraen (branch, sub-lateral), sekundær samleledning (branch intercepting sewer, sub-main), sub-harmonisk (sub-harmonic), subunit (protein subunit, subunit, sub-unit), sub-submenu (sub-submenu), sekundær samleskinne (secondary bar, sub busbar), delscene (sub-scene), maskinpistol (sub-machine gun), koncessioneret postekspeditionssted (franchised access point, sub-contracted post office), indrykket linie (break, paragraph, sub-paragraph), hjælpekonto (sectional account, sub-account), grundwandsspejl (ground water, phreatic surface, phreatic water, sub-soil water, subterranean water, underground water), grundvand (ground water, phreatic surface, phreatic water, shallows, sub-soil water, subterranean water, underground water), grej til at udfoere afboejede boringer med er foelgende:afboejerskinne grej med knae paa,turbine med forlaenger med knaek paa,turbine med retningsskinne og borekrone med stort sproejtehul/straalehul (and the big eye bit, the knuckle joint, the turbine with bent sub, the turbine with deflecting shoe, the various deflecting(or deflection)tools are the whipstock), et draenroer med eller uden filter opsamler det udtraengende vand fra skraenten og leder det til broende (filter pipes and slotted pipes(i.e.subsoil drains, sub-drains)collect the seepage water /cut-off water/ from the slope and discharge it into gullies), delstikproeveudvaelgelse (sub-sampling), paksten (bottoming, hardcore, penning, pitching, sub-base reinforcement), delmål (sub-goal), delkultur (sub-culture), delaktie (fractional share, fractional share of stock, subdivided share, sub-divided share), bundsikringslag (blanket course, bottoming, hardcore, penning, pitching, separation layer, sub-base, sub-base reinforcement), bundlag (blanket course, roadbed, separation layer, sub-base), bloedgloedet struktur (sub-critically annealed structure), bærelag (base, base course, blanket course, bottoming, hardcore, penning, pitching, road base, separation layer, sub-base, sub-base reinforcement), albuestykke (bent sub), afsnit (paragraph), det sydlige Sahara (sub-Saharan Africa), underkorngraenser i ferrit (sub-grain boundaries in ferrite), underadresse (sub-address), underadressering (sub-address), underbund (sub-base, subgrade, subsoil), underbygning (podium, podium block, sub-base, substructure), underenhed (sub-assembly, sub-set, subunit), underentreprenør (subcontractor, sub-contractor, supplier), underformål (sub-goal), underjeg (sub ego), Nardus-bevoksning neden for bjergene (sub-mountainous Nardus grassland), underkonto (sectional account, sub-account). (various references) | |
Dutch | verloopstuk (conduit reducer, pipe reducer, reducer, reducing coupling, reduction piece, stepped steel couplings, substitute). (various references) | |
Farsi | فرع (Branch, Offshoot, Outgrwth), مادون (Below, Subject, Subordinate), تحت (Subject, Under), تابع (Accessory, Adjective, Ancillary, Citizen, Function, Incident, Passive, Submission, Subsidiary, Suffragan, Tributary), زیر (Acute, Beneath, Bottom, Nether, Sole, Under), جایگزین کردن (Replace), جای کسی راگرفتن . (various references) | |
Finnish | suuntasovite (orienting sub), subunitti (protein subunit, subunit, sub-unit), sivuputki (branch, sub-lateral), sivukokoojaviemäri (branch intercepting sewer, sub-main), sivuhaara (collateral branch), sepelialusta (bottoming, hardcore, penning, pitching, sub-base reinforcement), alayksikkö (protein subunit, sub-assembly, sub-set, subunit, sub-unit), alitavoite (sub-goal), alisteinen alivalikko (sub-submenu), aliosoitus (sub-addressing), aliosoite (sub-address), alikaavio (L view, local view, sub-model, sub-schema, subscheme, view), alijohtaja (sub-director), aliurakoitsija (subcontractor, sub-contractor), aliharmoninen (sub-harmonic), konepistooli (sub-machine gun), alatili (sectional account, sub-account), alihinta (sub-director), aputili (sectional account, sub-account), haaraputki (branch, sub-lateral), ahtokiveys (bottoming, hardcore, penning, pitching, sub-base reinforcement), kokoojaoja (branch intercepting sewer, sub-main), taivemuhvi (bent sub), maa-ja pohjavesi (ground water, phreatic surface, phreatic water, sub-soil water, subterranean water, underground water), osayksikkö (sub unit), päällekkäisotokset (interpenetrating samples, sub-samples), pakkassää (sub-zero weather), pohjaveden pinta (ground water, ground water table, ground-water level, level of saturation, phreatic surface, phreatic water, sub-soil water, subterranean water, underground water, water table, watertable), rutiini (program, routine, rutin, sub-program), taittuvuustilan alapuolella (sub-refractive condition), kivialusta (bottoming, hardcore, penning, pitching, sub-base reinforcement). (various references) | |
French | sub (sub-address, substitute, substitute character), raccord double femelle (substitute), réduction (substitute). (various references) | |
German | vertreten (act for, act in place of, appear for, attend to, be the agent for, cover for, deputize, hold, justify, look after, maintain, plead, replace, represent, sit in, stand in for, sub for, support, to act for, to act in place of, to represent, understudy), Unter (among, amongst, below, beneath, between, down below, down under, hypo, Neath, nether, under, underneath), Uebergang (cross over, crossing, subs, substitute), u-boot (submarine, u-boat). (various references) | |
Greek | σύνδεσμος (conjunction, ligament), συστολή (bashfulness, constraint, contraction, coyness, shrinkage, shyness, systole). (various references) | |
Hebrew | ממלא מקום (acting, deputy, replacing, stand in, stopgap, substitute, understudy, vicarious), מקדמה (advance, deposit), למלא מקום (fill in, relieve, replace, spell, substitute), צוללת (submarine, u.boat). (various references) | |
Hungarian | tengeralattjáró (nuke, submarine, submersible), alárendelt (ancillary, attached, dependant, dependent, inferior, junior, minor, subaltern, subordinate, subordinated, subservient, tributary, underling). (various references) | |
Irish | fo (sub-). (various references) | |
Italian | sub (skindiver). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | サフラン擬 (knapsack), minor characters, sabot, sabotage, Sabrina pants, sand, sub notebook, sub promenade, sub reader, sub sack, subbank, subculture, subdomain, sub-goal, sub-graph, subhead, subject, subleader, sublet, subliminal ad, submanager, submarine, submarine pitcher, sub-menu, subnet, subnetting, sub-network, sub-pattern, sub-process, subroutine, sub-set, substance, substitute, sub-system, subteen, subtitle, subtrack, subway, supplement, supplier, supply, to be idle, to be truant, to sabotage by slowness, zephyr lily). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | サブ (substitute). (various references) | |
Korean | 잠수함 (SS, Sub-, submarine). (various references) | |
Manx | fo-undin (sub-foundation), fo-oik yn phost (sub post office), fo-lioarlannee (sub-librarian), fo-leftenant (sub-lieutenant), fo ushtey (awash, sub-aqua, submerged, under water), fo- (infra-, prefix under-, sub-, under-), cur er fo-vayl (sub-rent), cur er fo-leese (sub-lease). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ubsay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | subscrição (subscription), submarino (submarine, u-boat, undersea), ligação fêmea dupla (substitute). (various references) | |
Romanian | subconştient (subconscious, sub-conscious, subliminal), subînchiria (sublease, sub-let, underlet), subarendaş (sub-lessee, undertenant), subcarpatic (sub-carpathian), subclasã (sub-class), subcomitet (subcommission, sub-committee), subunitate (sub unit), subordin (sub-order), subprefect (sub-prefect), subprefecturã (sub-prefecture), subsecţie (sub-section), substaţie (sub-station), subtitlu (caption, crossheading, sub-title), subcomisie (subcommission, sub-committee), puşcã-mitralierã (sub-machine, Tommy), redactor (editor, reader, redactor, reviewer, sub-editor, writer). (various references) | |
Russian | ниже (below, beneath, hereafter, hereinafter, in what follows, infra, lour, lower, lower than, thereunder, under, underneath), под- (sub-). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | raditi kao zamenik, pod (below, beneath, floor, ground, on, under, underneath), plaćati ili primati predujam, ispod (below, beneath, down below, infra, under, underneath). (various references) | |
Spanish | subacción (fractional share, fractional share of stock, subdivided share, sub-divided share), SUD (South), secreto (arcane, back door, backstairs, classified, covert, crypt, cryptic, dark, hidden, hugger mugger, inside, privacy, private, privy, secrecy, secret, sub rosa, under wraps, underground, unseen), sub- (sub-, under-), subarmónico (sub-harmonic), sub-banda (a subdivision of the audio frequency range, sub-band), subbase (sub-base), subcapa de protección (blanket course, separation layer, sub-base), subcompartimento que contendria las enzimas responsables de su procesamiento (sub-compartment that contains splicing mechanisms), subconjunto (subset), subcultura (subculture), subdelegación (sub-branch), sub-submenú (sub-submenu), subunidad (protein subunit, sub unit, subunit, sub-unit), SUB (sub-address, substitute character), subdelegación de correos (sub post-office), subteniente (sub-lieutenant), submodelo (L view, local view, sub-model, sub-schema), subescena (sub-scene), subelemento (sub- element), subdirector de biblioteca (sub-librarian), subdireccionamiento (sub-address, sub-addressing), subdirección (sub-address), fin intermedio (sub-goal), alférez de fragata (sub-lieutenant), capataz (foreman, gaffer, ganger, overseer, taskmaster), estrato de protección (blanket course, separation layer, sub-base), corregir (adjust, ameliorate, amend, blue pencil, correct, edit, emend, impove, improve, proof, proofread, revise, right, sub-edit), condición de subrefracción (sub-refractive condition), colector secundario (branch intercepting sewer, sub-main), estructura de recocido subcrítico (sub-critically annealed structure), capa anticontaminante (blanket course, separation layer, sub-base), canales de cuarto orden (quarternary canals, sub-minors), canales cuaternarios (quarternary canals, sub-minors), bordes de los subgranos en la ferrita (sub-grain boundaries in ferrite), agua subterránea (ground water, phreatic surface, phreatic water, sub-soil water, subterranean water, underground water), agua freática (ground water, phreatic surface, phreatic water, sub-soil water, subterranean water, underground water), frecuencia submúltiplo de muestreo (sub-multiples of the sampling frequency), racor acodado (bent sub), canal cuaternario (quarternary canals, sub-minors), oficina postal subcontrada (sub-contracted post office), rutina (grind, rote, round, routine, rut), relleno de base (sub-base), redactor (columnist, editor, redactor, sub-editor), ramal de dren (branch, sub-lateral), racor de orientación (orienting sub), prado de nardos en zona submontañosa (sub-mountainous Nardus grassland), Africa subsahariana (sub-Saharan Africa), pistola ametralla dora (sub-machine gun), párrafo (condition, par, paragraph, section), fusible subminiatura (sub-miniature fuse-link). (various references) | |
Swedish | vara ersättare (pinch-hit, substitute), u-båt (submarine, u-boat), medlemsavgift, förskott (advance, advancement, deposit, imprest, subsistence allowance), ersättare (double, pinch hitter, proxy, stand in, stand-in, stopgap, substitute), bevilja (accord, allow, appropriate, appropriating, concede, grant, vote). (various references) | |
Thai | เรือดำน้ำ (bathyscaph), เป็นผู้รับเหมาย่อย, เป็นตัวแทน, เขียนหัวข้อย่อย, ตัวรอง, หัวข้อย่อย. (various references) | |
Turkish | yerini doldurmak (recoup, supply, supply the place of), yerine geçmek (displace, replace, stand for, subrogate, substitute, succeed, supersede, supplant, take smb.'s place, take the place of), yardımcı (accessary, accessory, acolyte, adjunct, aid, aide, ancillary, assistant, auxiliary, Band aid, booster, coadjutor, collateral, contributory, cooperative, deputy, donkey, friend, help, helper, helpful, helpmate, helpmeet, henchman, lieutenant, obliging, second, sidekick, stand by, subsidiary, suffragan, supporter, supporting, vice-), içine (in, into, intra-), içinde (among, amongst, in, included, inly, inside of, therein, within), altında (below, below smb., beneath, down, down below, Neath, under, underneath), altına (beneath, down, down below, down there, under, underneath), önüne (before), önünde (before, in front of). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | суб- (sub-), таємно (behind the back, hugger mugger, occultly, secretly, sub rosa, under hand, underground, underhand), під- (infra-, sub-, under-), помічник бібліотекаря (sub-librarian). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | người thay thế (alternate, commutator, lieutenant, locum, locum tenens, substitute). (various references) | |
Welsh | is (below, beneath, inferior, lower, sub-, under, under-, vice-). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 19, Verse 24 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | O egkruptwn eiV ton kolpon autou ceiraV adikwV oude tw stomati ou mh prosagagh autaV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Abscondit piger manum suam sub ascella nec ad os suum adplicat eam |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | The slowe hideth his hond vnder the arm pit; ne to his mouth he leith it. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | The hater of work puts his hand deep into the basin, and will not even take it to his mouth again. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Proverbs Chapter 19, Verse 24 |
| Cebuano | ¶ Ang tapulan magalubong sa iyang kamot diha sa pinggan, Ug dili magadala niini pag-usab nganha sa iyang baba. |
| Croatian | Lijenèina umaèe ruku u zdjelu, ali je ustima svojim ne prinosi. |
| Danish | Den lade rækker til Fadet, men fører ej Hånden til Munden. |
| Dutch | Een luiaard verbergt de hand in den boezem, en hij zal ze niet weder aan zijn mond brengen. |
| Finnish | Laiska pistää kätensä vatiin, mutta ei saa sitä viedyksi suuhunsa jälleen. |
| French | Le paresseux plonge sa main dans le plat, Et il ne la ramène pas à sa bouche. |
| German | Der Faule verbirgt seine Hand im Topf und bringt sie nicht wieder zum Munde. |
| Haitian Creole | ¶ Gen moun ki sitèlman parese ata manje yo pa vle mete nan bouch yo. |
| Hungarian | Bemártja a rest az õ kezét a tálba, de már a szájához nem viszi vissza. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Ada orang yang malas bukan kepalang; menyuap makanan ke mulutnya pun ia enggan. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Bahwa si pemalas itu membiarkan tangannya pada pinggan, maka tiada diangkatnya akan dia ke mulutnya pula. |
| Italian | Il pigro tuffa la mano nel piatto, ma stenta persino a riportarla alla bocca. |
| Maori | ¶ E kuhua ana e te mangere tona ringa ki te rihi, e kore rawa nei e whakahokia e ia ki tona mangai. |
| Norwegian | Den late stikker sin hånd i fatet, men fører den ikke engang tilbake til sin munn. |
| Portuguese | O preguiçoso esconde a sua mão no prato, e nem ao menos quer levá-la de novo à boca. |
| Rumanian | Lenewul kwi vkrq mkna kn strachinq, wi n`o duce knapoi la gurq. - |
| Russian | мЕОЙЧЩК ПРХУЛБЕФ ТХЛХ УЧПА Ч ЮБЫХ, Й ОЕ ИПЮЕФ ДПОЕУФЙ ЕЕ ДП ТФБ УЧПЕЗП. |
| Spanish | El perezoso hunde su mano en el plato, pero ni aun a su boca la llevará. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "sub": suba, subabbot, subabbots, subacid, subacidly, subacidness, subacidnesses, subacrid, subacute, subacutely, subadar, subadars, subadolescent, subadolescents, subadult, subadults, subaerial, subaerially, subagencies, subagency, subagent, subagents, subah, subahdar, subahdars, subahs, subalar, suballocation, suballocations, subalpine, subaltern, subalterns, subantarctic, subapical, subaquatic, subaqueous, subarachnoid, subarachnoidal, subarctic, subarctics, subarea, subareas, subarid, subas, subassemblies, subassembly, subatmospheric, subatom, subatomic, subatoms, subaudible. (additional references) | |
Words containing "sub": antisubmarine, antisubsidy, antisubversion, antisubversions, antisubversive, antisubversives, ausubo, ausubos, chasuble, chasubles, consubstantial, consubstantiation, consubstantiations, disubstituted, insubordinate, insubordinately, insubordinates, insubordination, insubordinations, insubstantial, insubstantialities, insubstantiality, intersubjective, intersubjectively, intersubjectivities, intersubjectivity, intersubstitutabilities, intersubstitutability, intersubstitutable, nonsubject, nonsubjective, nonsubjects, nonsubsidized, oversubscribe, oversubscribed, oversubscribes, oversubscribing, oversubscription, oversubscriptions, oversubtle, resubmission, resubmissions, resubmit, resubmits, resubmitted, resubmitting, semisubmersible, semisubmersibles, supersubstantial, supersubtle, supersubtleties. (additional references) | |
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"Sub" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Dsubl, esb, eub, nsub, Qsubd, sab, sabc, sabh, sabi, sabji, sbm, scub, sdu, seb, Sebc, sebd, Sebi, sgu, shub, siba, sibh, sibi, sibo, skub, sobb, soeb, spub, squb, Ssu, sua, suba, subc, sube, subj, subo, subp, subt, sueb, suh, sui, suj, suk, sumb, Sumbu, suq, surb, suv, sux, suz, tsubo, usb, zub. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "sub" (pronounced su"b) |
| 2 | -u" b | bub, club, cub, drub, dub, grub, hub, nub, pub, rub, scrub, shrub, snub, stub, tub. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: bus. | |
| Words within the letters "b-s-u" | |
-1 letter: us. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-s-u" | |
+1 letter: bubs, buds, bugs, bums, buns, burs, bush, busk, buss, bust, busy, buts, buys, cubs, dubs, fubs, hubs, nubs, pubs, rubs, slub, snub, stub, suba, subs, tubs, urbs. | |
+2 letters: abuse, abuts, babus, bauds, beaus, bhuts, blubs, blues, blurs, blush, bogus, bolus, bonus, bosun, bouse, bousy, bouts, brush, brusk, bucks, buffs, buhls, buhrs, bulbs, bulks, bulls, bumfs, bumps, bunds, bungs, bunks, bunns, bunts, buoys, buras, burbs, burds, burgs, burls, burns, burps, burrs, bursa, burse, burst, busby, bused, buses, bushy, busks, busts, busty, butes, butts, chubs, clubs, cubes, curbs, daubs, drubs, dumbs, flubs, fubsy, grubs, habus, jubas, jubes, lubes, numbs, pubes, pubis, rebus, rubes, rubus, scrub, scuba, sebum, shrub, slubs, slurb, snubs, squab, squib, stubs, subah, subas, suber, tabus, tsuba, tubas, tubes, umbos, zebus. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Quotations: Non-fiction 10. Quotations: Spoken 11. Usage Frequency 12. Names: Frequency | 13. Names: Company Usage 14. Expressions 15. Expressions: Internet 16. Translations: Modern | 17. Bible Trace 18. Abbreviations 19. Acronyms 20. Derivations | 21. Rhymes 22. Anagrams 23. Bibliography |
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