We found 30 dictionaries with English definitions that include the word sub-:
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 General (15 matching dictionaries)
- sub-: Compact Oxford English Dictionary [home, info]
- sub-: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
- sub-: Cambridge International Dictionary of English [home, info]
- Sub-: Wiktionary [home, info]
- sub-: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed. [home, info]
- sub-: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus [home, info]
- sub-: Dictionary.com [home, info]
- sub-: Online Etymology Dictionary [home, info]
- Sub-: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia [home, info]
- Sub-: Online Plain Text English Dictionary [home, info]
- sub-: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition [home, info]
- Sub-: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary [home, info]
- sub-: MyWord.info [home, info]
- sub-: Free Dictionary [home, info]
- sub-: Dictionary/thesaurus [home, info]
Art (1 matching dictionary)
- sub-: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements [home, info]
Business (1 matching dictionary)
- sub-: Glossary of Legal Terms [home, info]
Medicine (7 matching dictionaries)
- Sub-: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary [home, info]
- Sub-: MedFriendly Glossary [home, info]
- sub-: online medical dictionary [home, info]
- sub-: Neurotrauma Glossary [home, info]
- sub-: Glossary of HIV/AIDS Related Terms [home, info]
- sub-: Medical dictionary [home, info]
- Sub-: Drug Medical Dictionary [home, info]
Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
- SUB-: Acronym Finder [home, info]
Science (5 matching dictionaries)
- Sub-: Biological Sciences Dictionary [home, info]
- sub-: Botanical Terms [home, info]
- Sub-: Glossary of Pollen and Spore Terminology - [home, info]
- sub-: Flora of New South Wales [home, info]
- sub-: Glossary of Roots of Botanical Names [home, info]
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Quick definitions (sub-)
() A prefix denoting that the ingredient (of a compound) signified by the term to which it is prefixed,is present in only a small proportion, or less than the normal amount; as, subsulphide, suboxide, etc. Prefixed to the name of a salt it is equivalent to basic; as, subacetate or basic acetate.
() A prefix signifying under, below, beneath, and hence often, in an inferior position or degree, in an imperfect or partial state, as in subscribe, substruct, subserve, subject, subordinate, subacid, subastringent, subgranular, suborn. Sub- in Latin compounds often becomes sum- before m, sur before r, and regularly becomes suc-, suf-, sug-, and sup- before c, f, g, and p respectively. Before c, p, and t it sometimes takes form sus- (by the dropping of b from a collateral form, subs-).
(This definition is from the 1913 Webster's Dictionary and may be outdated.)
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