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Definition: Sub

Sub

Noun

1. 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.

Verb

1. 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)

 

Specialty Definition: Sub

DomainDefinition

Computing

SUB Substitute. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Sub

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.
EntrySourceExpressionField

SUB

DanishSubstitute characterComputing

SUB

DutchVervangingstekenComputing

SUB

EnglishSubroutineN/A

SUB

FrenchCaractère substitutComputing

SUB

GermanSubadressePost & Telecom

SUB

GreekυποδιευθυνσιοδότησηPost & Telecom

SUB

ItalianSottoindirizzamentoPost & Telecom

SUB

PortugueseSubendereçamentoPost & Telecom

SUB

SpanishSubdireccionamientoN/A
Sub.EnglishSuburbN/A

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: Sub

Synonyms: 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)

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Synonyms within Context: Sub

ContextSynonyms 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.

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Crosswords: Sub

English words defined with "sub": sub rosaUnder the rose. (references)
Specialty definitions using "sub": belding, buffet boundary, buffet onsetcarbonitriding, Cargo NOS, chemical vapour deposition, Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program, Crescit, Cupid's Golden ArrowDoctors DisagreeFahrenwald machinesg-suitheat stress index of Belding and Hatchline starveNon-Vessel Operating Common Carrierphillipiterigid coupling, rod reducing bushingsampler head, satellite station, Stanton number, Stanton's no., Sub Cultro Liquit, Sub Hasta, Sub-Lapsarian, Supra-Lapsarianthorium 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).

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Modern Usage: Sub

DomainUsage

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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Commercial Usage: Sub

DomainTitle

References

  • Sub Sri Thai Warehouse Public Co. Ltd.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Dark Waters: An Insider's Account of the NR-1, the Cold War's Undercover Nuclear Sub (reference)

  • Phoenix Sub Zero (reference)

  • Raven Rising (Omega Sub, No. 6) (reference)

  • The Law Is for All: The Authorized Popular Commentary of Liber Al Vel Legis Sub Figura Ccxx, the Book of the Law (reference)

  • The Sub Mariner (Marvel Masterworks) (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  

Music

  

High Tech

  

Consumer Goods

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Sub

Photos:
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Computer Images:
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Photo Album: Sub

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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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Digital Photo Gallery: Sub
 

"SUB ZERO" by Victor Silkin
Commentary: "Nothing like freezing Melbourne Morning."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Sub

SubjectTopicQuote

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.

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Spoken Usage: Sub

SpeakerPhrase(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.

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Usage Frequency: Sub

"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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)69.92%27217,812
Noun (proper)17.74%6940,280
Lexical Verb (base form)6.94%2766,962
Lexical Verb (infinitive)2.83%11106,044
Unclassified Items2.57%10111,207
                    Total100.00%389N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Sub

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.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
SubLast name13067,417
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: Sub

CountryName
Thailand

Sub Sri Thai Warehouse Public Co. Ltd.

 (more examples...)

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expressions: Sub

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.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Sub

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
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.

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Modern Translation: Sub

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.

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Bible Trace: Sub

LanguageDateSourceProverbs Chapter 19, Verse 24
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintO egkruptwn eiV ton kolpon autou ceiraV adikwV oude tw stomati ou mh prosagagh autaV
Latin405VulgateAbscondit piger manum suam sub ascella nec ad os suum adplicat eam
Middle English1395WyclifThe slowe hideth his hond vnder the arm pit; ne to his mouth he leith it.
Jacobean English1611King JamesA slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
Victorian English1833WebsterA slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
Basic English1964OgdenThe 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.

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Matched Bible Translations: Sub

LanguageProverbs Chapter 19, Verse 24
Cebuano¶ Ang tapulan magalubong sa iyang kamot diha sa pinggan, Ug dili magadala niini pag-usab nganha sa iyang baba.
CroatianLijenèina umaèe ruku u zdjelu, ali je ustima svojim ne prinosi.
DanishDen lade rækker til Fadet, men fører ej Hånden til Munden.
DutchEen luiaard verbergt de hand in den boezem, en hij zal ze niet weder aan zijn mond brengen.
FinnishLaiska pistää kätensä vatiin, mutta ei saa sitä viedyksi suuhunsa jälleen.
FrenchLe paresseux plonge sa main dans le plat, Et il ne la ramène pas à sa bouche.
GermanDer 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.
HungarianBemártja a rest az õ kezét a tálba, de már a szájához nem viszi vissza.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariAda orang yang malas bukan kepalang; menyuap makanan ke mulutnya pun ia enggan.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaBahwa si pemalas itu membiarkan tangannya pada pinggan, maka tiada diangkatnya akan dia ke mulutnya pula.
ItalianIl 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.
NorwegianDen late stikker sin hånd i fatet, men fører den ikke engang tilbake til sin munn.
PortugueseO preguiçoso esconde a sua mão no prato, e nem ao menos quer levá-la de novo à boca.   
RumanianLenewul kwi vkrq mkna kn strachinq, wi n`o duce knapoi la gurq. -
RussianмЕОЙЧЩК ПРХУЛБЕФ ТХЛХ УЧПА Ч ЮБЫХ, Й ОЕ ИПЮЕФ ДПОЕУФЙ ЕЕ ДП ТФБ УЧПЕЗП.
SpanishEl 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.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Sub

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)


Misspellings

"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).

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Rhyming with "Sub"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "sub" (pronounced su"b)
2-u" bbub, club, cub, drub, dub, grub, hub, nub, pub, rub, scrub, shrub, snub, stub, tub.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Sub

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.

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INDEX

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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