sub

Definitions

General Science

• prefix
  (written as sub-)
  lower than

Accounting

• noun wages paid in advance

Cricket

• abbreviation a substitute
  Citation ‘Akram, the sub, held Marks off the fourth chance’ (Robin Marlar, Sunday Times 25 March 1984)
• verb to field as a substitute
  Citation ‘Subbing for Broad on the long leg boundary, he clung on left-handed to Marshall’s hook … but teetered over the rope’ (Scyld Berry, WCM August 1984)

Information & Library Science

• prefix
  (written as sub-)
  combining with nouns to give the meaning of less important

Media Studies

• noun a subtitle to a document or printed matter
• verb to add subtitles to something

Publishing

• verb to sub-edit a text

General English

• abbreviation forsubscription
• abbreviation forsubstitute

Military

• abbreviation forsubmarine

Nearby Definitions of “sub”

• Sturm und Drang
• style
• style sheet
• stylized fact
• stylus
• sub
• Sub-group Analysis
• sub-purlin
• subassembly
• subbase
• subcarrier

Contexts for “sub”

11 definitions in context
• General Science
• Accounting
• Cricket
• Information & Library Science
• Media Studies
• Publishing
• General English
• Military