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# sub

noun (a sub, subs); verb (sub, subs, subbed, subbing); prefix (sub-)

«sub» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (informal) A sub is a substitute, a player who comes on to replace another in a match. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sub/#m1)
2. (informal) A sub is a submarine. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sub/#m2)
3. (US) A sub is a long sandwich, a submarine sandwich. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sub/#m3)
4. (informal) A sub is a substitute teacher (US, Canada) or supply teacher. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sub/#m4)
5. (informal) A sub is a subscription, money paid to a club. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sub/#m5)
6. (informal, UK) To sub someone is to lend them a little money. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sub/#m6)
7. Sub- is a prefix meaning under or below: submarine, subway, subtract. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sub/#m7)
8. In old books, sub is a Latin word meaning under, as in sub anno, which means under that year. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sub/#m8)

### In the lessons

In PE and sport subs sit on the bench and come on later. In maths sub- appears in subtract (take away) and subtotal (part of a total). In everyday life in North America people buy subs for lunch. In clubs members pay their subs. Phrases: come on as a sub, sub in.

### Examples

- The coach brought on a sub in the second half. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sub/#x1)
- We had a sub today because Mr Brown was ill. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sub/#x2)
- I'd like a turkey sub, please. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sub/#x3)
- The sub dived under the waves. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sub/#x4)
- (UK, informal) Can you sub me a quid till Friday? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sub/#x5)
- Have you paid your subs for football club? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sub/#x6)
- «Subtract» means take away. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sub/#x7)
- Matthew Paris tells the story, sub anno (it is an addition of his to Ralph Disset), Hist. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sub/#x8)

### Note

Short, informal form of several words — read the context. Plural: subs. Verb: subbed, subbing (double b). In maths sub- means under or less: subtract = take away; a subtotal is a part total before adding the rest.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «sub» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sub/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«sub» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/sub.html) on Mova free.