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(word root) under, below, beneathExamples of words with the root sub-: subject, subvert, subordinate, subcommittee

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pref.1. Below; under; beneath: subsoil.2. a. Subordinate; secondary: subplot.b. Subdivision: subregion.3. Less than completely or normally; nearly; almost: subhuman.

[Middle English, from Latin, from sub, under; see upo in Indo-European roots.]

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prefix 1. situated under or beneath: subterranean. 2. secondary in rank; subordinate: subeditor. 3. falling short of; less than or imperfectly: subarctic; subhuman. 4. forming a subdivision or subordinate part of a whole: subcommittee. 5. (Chemistry) (in chemistry)a. indicating that a compound contains a relatively small proportion of a specified element: suboxide. b. indicating that a salt is basic salt: subacetate. [from Latin sub]

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n., v. subbed, sub•bing. n. 1. a submarine. 2. a substitute. 3. a submarine sandwich. 4. a sublieutenant. 5. a subordinate. 6. a subaltern. v.i. 7. to act as a substitute for another. [1695–1705; by shortening of words prefixed with sub-]

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1. a prefix, occurring orig. in loanwords from Latin, with the meanings “under,” “below,” “beneath” (subsoil; subway), “just outside of,” “near” (subalpine; subtropical), “less than,” “not quite” (subhuman; suboscine; subteen), “secondary,” “at a lower point in a hierarchy” (subcommittee; subplot). 2. a. a prefix used in the names of chemical compounds that are bases. b. a prefix used in the names of compounds in which an element is present in a relatively small proportion: suboxide. For variants before following consonants in Latin loanwords, see su-, suc-, suf-, sug-, sum-, sup-, sur-², sus-.[< Latin, prefixal form of sub (preposition); akin to Greek hypó; see hypo-]

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1. subordinated. 2. subscription. 3. substitute. 4. suburb. 5. suburban. 6. subway.

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1. A prefix that means:2. Underneath or lower, as in subsoil.3. A subordinate or secondary part of something else, as in subphylum.4. Less than completely, as in subtropical.

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