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(sŭb) pronunciation
n. Informal
  1. See submarine (sense 1).
  2. See submarine (sense 2). See Regional Note at submarine.

sub2 (sŭb) pronunciation Informal.
n.
A substitute.

intr.v., subbed, sub·bing, subs.
To act as a substitute.


noun

    One that takes the place of another: alternate, replacement, stand-in, substitute, surrogate. Informal fill-in, pinch hitter. See substitute.

verb

    To act as a substitute: fill in, stand in, substitute, supply. Informal pinch-hit. See substitute.


informal

n. a submarine.

See the Introduction, Abbreviations and Pronunciation for further details.

noun
noun

1:
An advance payment of wages or salary. Also more generally, an advance of money. (1866 —) . verb trans.

2:
To pay (someone) (a 'sub'). Also (intr.) to sub up to pay up or subscribe. (1874 —) .
G. Mitchell 'Wasn't that rather expensive?'...'I believe Tony Biancini subbed up' (1958).

[Short for subsist (payment), itself short for subsistence (payment).]


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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - undervandsbåd, landgangsbrød, substitut
v. intr. - vikariere for, være stedfortræder for
v. intr. - få forskud, være redaktionssekretær på

2.

idioms:

  • sub judice    ikke retsligt afgjort
  • sub rosa    hemmeligtstemplet, sammensværgelse

Nederlands (Dutch)
wisselspeler, invaller, onderzeeboot, sandwich, onder-

Français (French)
1.
n. - sous-marin, remplaçant, suppléant
v. intr. - faire des remplacements
v. tr. - prêter/avancer de l'argent, corriger, (Phot) enduire (un film) avec une couche

2.

idioms:

  • sub judice    (Jur) en instance, pendant, devant les tribunaux
  • sub rosa    en confidence, sous le sceau du secret

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Stellvertreter, Redaktionsassistent, U-Boot, (ugs.) Abo
v. - vertreten, mit herausgeben

2.

idioms:

  • sub judice    anhängig, noch nicht entschieden
  • sub rosa    sub rosa, unter dem Siegel der Verschwiegenheit

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - υποβρύχιο, συνδρομή, υποκατάστατο, (καθομ.) συντάκτης ύλης, υφιστάμενος, κατώτερος (αξιωματικός), (Βρετ.) προκαταβολή (κν. μπροστάντζα, προπληρωμή)
v. - αντικαθιστώ, ασκώ καθήκοντα συντάκτη ύλης, δίνω μπροστάντζα
pref. - υπο-, υφ-

idioms:

  • sub judice    υπό εκδίκαση
  • sub rosa    υπό εχεμύθειαν, εμπιστευτικός

Italiano (Italian)
sommozzatore, subalterno

idioms:

  • sub judice    subiudice
  • sub rosa    confidenziale

Português (Portuguese)
n. - submarino (m) (Mil.), substituto (m)
v. - substituir
abbr. - sub
pref. - sub

idioms:

  • sub judice    ainda não decidido
  • sub rosa    em secreto

Русский (Russian)
автомат (оружие), подчиненный, подписчик, подписка, заместитель, замена, подводная лодка

idioms:

  • sub judice    находящийся в (судебном) производстве
  • sub rosa    тайно, по секрету

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - sustituto, submarino, sándwich submarino
v. intr. - sustituir
v. tr. - prestar dinero esperando ganancias

2.

idioms:

  • sub judice    pendiente, por resolver
  • sub rosa    en secreto, confidencialmente

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - u-båt, tunnelbana, submarin
v. - vicka, vikariera
abbr. - submarin, gångtunnel, t-bana, underordnad, underordnad tjänsteman, textredigerare, ersättare, teckning, insamling, prenumeration
pref. - under-, sub-, del-

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 地道

idioms:

  • sub judice    尚未决定, 悬案
  • sub rosa    不公开, 秘密地

2. 潜水艇, 代用品, 候补人员, 订购, 作替身, 替代

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 地道

idioms:

  • sub judice    尚未決定, 懸案
  • sub rosa    不公開, 祕密地

2.
n. - 潛水艇, 代用品, 候補人員, 訂購
v. intr. - 作替身, 替代

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 잠수함, 빅사이즈 샌드위치, 대리 선수
v. intr. - 대신하다, (업무 등을) 대리해서 하다
v. intr. - 가불하다, (잡지 등의) 편집을 하다

2. ~의 밑에

idioms:

  • sub judice    미해결의
  • sub rosa    은밀히, 아무도 모르게

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 潜水艦, 代わり, 身代わり, 副主筆, 会費, 給料の前借り, 補欠選手
v. - 代理をする, 前借りする

idioms:

  • sub judice    審理中, 未決で
  • sub rosa    内密に

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) غواصه, لاعب احتياطي, مساعد محرر (فعل) يحل محل غيره (بادئه الكلمه) بادئه تعني : دون, أقل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮צוללת, מקדמה, עורך-משנה, ממלא-מקום, מחליף, קצין זוטר, סגן-משנה, דמי-חבר, בריך גדול‬
v. intr. - ‮מילא מקום‬
v. intr. - ‮קיבל מקדמה, ערך עריכת-משנה, נתן מקדמה על חשבון הכנסה צפויה, ציפה סרט צילום או לוח-צילום בשכבת-יסוד‬
sub judice - ‮סוב יודיצה, בשלב בירור משפטי‬


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