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Definition of sub- prefix from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

sub-

prefix

/sʌb/

/sʌb/

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(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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Word Originfrom Latin sub ‘under, close to’.

See sub- in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee sub- in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English

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