sub-
prefix /sʌb/
/sʌb/
- (in nouns and adjectives) below; less than
- sub-zero temperatures
- a subtropical (= almost tropical) climate
- substandard
- (in nouns and adjectives) under
- subway
- submarine
- (in verbs and nouns) a smaller part of something
- subdivide
- subset
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- il-
- in-
- infra-
- inter-
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- non-
- off-
- oft-
- out-
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Word Originfrom Latin sub ‘under, close to’.