sub

/sʌb/

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Difficulty LevelIntermediate

Standard vocabulary

Word FrequencyVery Common

Used frequently in everyday conversation

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Simple pronunciation

Analysis:

• Common vocabulary word
• Simple pronunciation

noun

1. A submarine.

2. A submarine sandwich: a sandwich made on a long bun.

"We can get subs at that deli."

3. A substitute, often in sports.

"She worked as a sub until she got her teaching certificate."

4. (often in plural) A subscription: a payment made for membership of a club, etc.

5. A subtitle.

"I've just noticed a mistake in the subs for this film."

6. A subroutine (sometimes one that does not return a value, as distinguished from a function, which does).

7. A subeditor.

8. A subcontractor.

9. (BDSM) A submissive.

10. A subordinate.

11. A subaltern.

12. A subscription (or (by extension) a subscriber) to an online channel or feed.

"I'm totally stoked; just got 10 new subs after my last video."

13. Subsistence money: part of a worker's wages paid before the work is finished.

Synonyms

verb

1. To substitute for.

2. To work as a substitute teacher, especially in primary and secondary education.

3. To replace (a player) with a substitute.

"He never really made a contribution to the match, so it was no surprise when he was subbed at half time."

4. Less commonly, and often as sub on, to bring on (a player) as a substitute.

"He was subbed on half way through the second half, and scored within minutes."

5. To perform the work of a subeditor or copy editor; to subedit.

6. To lend.

7. To subscribe.

8. (BDSM) To take a submissive role.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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