sub (subs plural )
1 n-count In team games such as football, a sub is a player who is brought into a match to replace another player.
INFORMAL
(=substitute)
We had a few injuries and had to use youth team kids as subs.
2 n-count A sub is the same as a submarine.
INFORMAL
3 n-plural A fixed amount of money that you pay regularly in order to be a member of a club or society is called your subs. (BRIT) OLD-FASHIONED
(=subscription fees) Subs will be raised as from next year.
sub-
1 prefix Sub- is used at the beginning of words that have `under' as part of their meaning.
The waters were rising about the rock and would soon submerge it., ...a nuclear-powered submarine.
2 prefix Sub- is added to the beginning of nouns in order to form other nouns that refer to things that are part of a larger thing.
...a subcommittee on family values and individual rights., ...the subdivision of farms into smallholdings.
3 prefix Sub- is added to the beginning of adjectives in order to form other adjectives that describe someone or something as inferior, for example inferior to normal people or to normal things.
The cold has made already substandard living conditions even worse.
sub-editor (sub-editors plural ), subeditor A sub-editor is a person whose job it is to check and correct articles in newspapers or magazines before they are printed.
(BRIT) n-count
in AM, use copy editor
sub judice , sub-judice When something is sub judice, it is the subject of a trial in a court of law. In Britain, this means that people are not allowed to discuss it in the media. (LEGAL) adj usu v-link ADJ
He declined further comment on the grounds that the case was sub judice.
sub-machine gun (sub-machine guns plural ), sub-machine-gun, submachine gun A sub-machine gun is a light portable type of machine gun. n-count
sub-plot (sub-plots plural ), subplot The sub-plot in a play, film, or novel is a story that is separate from and less important than the main story. n-count
...a fascinating sub-plot to the main drama.
sub-species (sub-species plural ), subspecies A sub-speciesof a plant or animal is one of the types that a particular species is divided into. n-count oft N of n
Several other sub-species of gull are found in the region.
sub-standard , substandard
A sub-standard service or product is unacceptable because it is below a required standard. adj
Residents in general are poor and undereducated, and live in sub-standard housing.
sub-tropical , subtropical
Sub-tropical places have a climate that is warm and wet, and are often near tropical regions. adj
(=semi-tropical)
...the sub-tropical region of the Chapare.
sub-zero , subzero
Sub-zero temperatures are below 0° centigrade or, in the United States, below 0° Fahrenheit. adj
...passengers stranded in sub-zero temperatures.