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sʌbsub
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Princeton's WordNet
bomber, grinder, hero, hero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, Cuban sandwich, Italian sandwich, poor boy, sub, submarine, submarine sandwich, torpedo, wedge, zepnoun
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
submarine, pigboat, sub, U-boatverb
a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes
substitute, sub, stand in, fill inverb
be a substitute
"The young teacher had to substitute for the sick colleague"; "The skim milk substitutes for cream--we are on a strict diet"
GCIDE
Subnoun
a shortened form of submarine, the boat.
Subnoun
a shortened form of submarine sandwich; also called hero, hero sandwich, and grinder.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Sub
in composition, signifies a subordinate degree.
Wikipedia
Sub
Sub is a common abbreviation of words beginning with the prefix "sub-".
ChatGPT
sub
A prefix "sub-" generally refers to things that are underneath, below, lesser, or secondary in position, size, or importance. It can also imply a smaller part of a larger whole. For example, in words like "submarine" (a craft that operates below the water) or "subsection" (a smaller section within a larger section).
Webster Dictionary
Subnoun
a subordinate; a subaltern
Wikidata
Sub
Sub is the debut album by Swiss Industrial metal band Apollyon Sun, released in 2000 on Mayan Records. Work on a full album, Sub began at London's Trident Studios in 1998, with renown producer Roli Mosimann. Further recording and mixing sessions took place at Manhattan's EastSide Sound, London's Nomis Studios, and at various studio locations in Switzerland. Sub features prominent final mixes by Mosimann, John Fryer, and Apollyon Sun themselves. Sub was released globally through Mayan Records in late summer 2000, after two years of studio work. "Human III" continues from a song developed by Tom Gabriel Fischer, following on from "Human" from Celtic Frost's Morbid Tales and "Human II" from Celtic Frost's Cold Lake. "Messiah" is a remake of the Hellhammer song Messiah. Hellhammer being one of Tom Gabriel Fischer's former bands. "Reefer Boy" and "Concrete Satan" both appeared on the God Leaves EP, however they have been completely re-recorded for Sub. There are several unreleased songs from these sessions including "Cradle", a re-recorded version of “God Leaves” and two further instrumentals.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Sub
sub, n. (coll.) a subordinate, a subaltern: subsist money, being a part of a man's wages paid to him while the work is going on.
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SUB
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Etymology and Origins
Sub
Short for “subsidise,” or to draw something in advance of one’s salary.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of sub in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of sub in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of sub in a Sentence
It’s not like I didn’t take a lot of sub-concussion blows that can also cause damage long-term so it’s in the back of my head.
If growth remains anemic sub-1 percent and inflation is 0.2, 0.3 or 0.1 percent, that would be a lowering of the hurdle to do QE, and we find it hard to be overly optimistic around growth prospects.
I was grateful for the victory but not happy with the time. I wanted a sub-20 seconds. But it's a long process, i'm not yet fully healthy and still have a lot of work to do to be really back in shape. But I have time before the World Championship.
On the basis of a final compliance notice... the EWG agreed that the Greek authorities have now completed the first set of milestones and the financial sector measures that are essential for a successful recapitalization process, the agreement paves the way for the formal approval by the ESM Board of Directors on Monday 23 November of disbursing the 2 billion euro sub-tranche linked to the first set of milestones.
We can do things much faster, we are developing advanced imaging algorithms to give us much better images of the sub-surface in these complex domains and Pangea III will let us do it 10 times faster than we could before.
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