sub

[US]/sʌb/
[UK]/sʌb/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n.submarine
subway
substitute player
vi.to replace

Phrases & Collocations

submarine

subordinate

subscribe

subway

substandard

subdue

submerge

submit

subtract

sublet

Example Sentences

a narrow sub-aquatic microclimate.

held the meeting sub rosa.

England brought on a sub in the second half.

who'll sub me till Thursday?.

the cases were still sub judice.

Forms have gone out to all our sub-offices.

$ awk '{ sub(/test/, "mytest");print }' testfile $ awk '{ sub(/test/, "mytest");$1};

sub specie aeternitatis the authors have got it about right.

Costard, the witty clown who drives the sub-plot of the play,

The broken windows left us exposed to the sub-zero temperatures.

Healthwise, the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere outside of sub-Saharan Africa are more alike than different.

the utilizer of the sales field in the rental building is called the sub-leesee;the lessor of the builing is called the owner of property.

All the various substances and bodies to be found in the sub-lunary sphere were thought to be made up of the four elements in varying proportions.

Real-world Examples

The missing sub has 44 crew members aboard.

Source: CNN 10 Student English November 2017 Collection

He tore off -- it was a sub sandwich.

Source: CNN 10 Student English of the Month

I'm Vanessa Yurkevich subbing in for Coy Wire today.

Source: CNN 10 Student English of the Month

There's a main topic and there's two sub-points.

Source: TOEFL Speaking Preparation Guide

It even started a little sub-field that's now flourishing.

Source: TED Talks (Video Version) September 2015 Collection

Epic films often have many sub-plots, which can make them very long.

Source: Oxford University: IELTS Foreign Teacher Course

My particular interest is Asiatic lions, which are a sub-species of African lions.

Source: Cambridge IELTS Listening Actual Test 6

Now, take these sub-skills and create actionable checklists that help you master them.

Source: Tales of Imagination and Creativity

It just said " Italian sub." I had no idea mortadella has pistachios in it.

Source: The Big Bang Theory Season 9

Both were attack subs, fast quiet boats, built to hunt down their Soviet counterparts.

Source: The Secrets of the Titanic

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