--- title: S — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 109 description: The 2316 words of the English dictionary under S, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/109/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / S # S — The English dictionary · page 109 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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*Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) To subjugate people or a country is to defeat them and take control so they must obey, often taking away their freedom.[↗](../../subjugate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) To subjugate something is to make it less important than something else, like subjugating your own wishes to the needs of the group.[↗](../../subjugate/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The empire tried to subjugate its neighbours.[↗](../../subjugate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Many peoples were subjugated by powerful empires in the past.[↗](../../subjugate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The rebels refused to be subjugated.[↗](../../subjugate/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Laws were used to subjugate the poor in that story.[↗](../../subjugate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Our history topic looked at how nations were subjugated and how they won freedom.[↗](../../subjugate/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · No country should subjugate another.[↗](../../subjugate/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **sublime** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Sublime means so grand, great and beautiful that it fills you with wonder.[↗](../../sublime/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (old use) Sublime can mean very high or lofty.[↗](../../sublime/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The view from the mountain was sublime.[↗](../../sublime/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The temple was tall and sublime.[↗](../../sublime/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Hera was a sublime queen among the gods.[↗](../../sublime/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The Nineteenth Path is the Intelligence of all the activities of the spiritual beings, and is so called because of the affluence diffused by it from the most high blessing and most exalted sublime glory.[↗](../../sublime/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../sublime/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The Nineteenth Path is the Intelligence of all the activities of the spiritual beings, and is so called because of the aflluence diffused by it from the most high blessing and most exalted sublime glory.[↗](../../sublime/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../sublime/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In two and thirty most occult and wonderful paths of wisdom did JAH the Lord of Hosts engrave his name: God of the armies of Israel, ever-living God, merciful and gracious, sublime, dwelling on high, who inhabiteth eternity.[↗](../../sublime/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../sublime/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **submarine** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A submarine is a ship that can travel under the water as well as on top of it.[↗](../../submarine/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (adjective, formal) Submarine means under the sea.[↗](../../submarine/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "submarine cables".[↗](../../submarine/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (USA) A submarine sandwich (a sub) is a long bread roll filled with meat, cheese and salad.[↗](../../submarine/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The submarine dived deep under the ocean.[↗](../../submarine/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A submarine fills its tanks with water to sink.[↗](../../submarine/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Sailors on a submarine use a periscope to see above the water.[↗](../../submarine/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Submarine cables carry the internet under the sea.[↗](../../submarine/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · I ordered a turkey submarine for lunch.[↗](../../submarine/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The submarine travelled 300 kilometres in 10 hours, so 30 kilometres an hour.[↗](../../submarine/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **submerge** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To submerge is to go under water, or to put something completely under water or another liquid.[↗](../../submerge/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Submerged means covered by water.[↗](../../submerge/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To be submerged in work or noise means to be completely surrounded or overwhelmed by it.[↗](../../submerge/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The submarine began to submerge.[↗](../../submerge/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Submerge the egg in water to see if it floats.[↗](../../submerge/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Heavy rain submerged the football pitch.[↗](../../submerge/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The car was stuck on a submerged road.[↗](../../submerge/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Never walk through floodwater that has submerged the path.[↗](../../submerge/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Drop the stone in and measure how much the water rises when it is submerged.[↗](../../submerge/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · She was submerged in homework all weekend.[↗](../../submerge/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **submerged** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Submerged means under water or under the surface of a liquid.[↗](../../submerged/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Submerged is the past form of submerge: to go under water, or to push something under water.[↗](../../submerged/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (figurative) Submerged can mean hidden or buried by other things.[↗](../../submerged/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The rock was submerged at high tide.[↗](../../submerged/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We submerged the cube in water to find its volume.[↗](../../submerged/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The submarine submerged and disappeared.[↗](../../submerged/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Floods submerged the fields and roads.[↗](../../submerged/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Pondweed is a submerged plant.[↗](../../submerged/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The hippo stayed submerged with only its eyes showing.[↗](../../submerged/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Her quiet voice was submerged by the noise of the crowd.[↗](../../submerged/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The rock was very small now; soon it would be submerged.[↗](../../submerged/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **submersible** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A submersible is a small underwater vehicle used to explore the deep sea, often with a crew of one to three people or controlled by remote control.[↗](../../submersible/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (adjective) Submersible means able to work or be used underwater: a submersible pump, a submersible watch.[↗](../../submersible/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The submersible dived to the bottom of the ocean.[↗](../../submersible/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists in a submersible found new kinds of fish.[↗](../../submersible/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A submersible explored the wreck of the Titanic.[↗](../../submersible/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The submersible had bright lights and robotic arms.[↗](../../submersible/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · This pump is submersible, so you can put it in the pond.[↗](../../submersible/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A remote-controlled submersible filmed the deep trench.[↗](../../submersible/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Only a few submersibles can go deeper than 10,000 metres.[↗](../../submersible/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **submersion** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Submersion is being completely under water or another liquid.[↗](../../submersion/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Submersion is the act of putting something or someone fully under water.[↗](../../submersion/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The phone survived thirty minutes of submersion.[↗](../../submersion/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Submarines can stay in submersion for weeks.[↗](../../submersion/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The plants died after long submersion in the flood.[↗](../../submersion/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Lifeguards train for rescues from submersion.[↗](../../submersion/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Some churches baptise by full submersion.[↗](../../submersion/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The field was in danger of submersion when the river rose.[↗](../../submersion/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **submission** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A submission is something you hand in to be judged or checked, like a piece of homework, a competition entry or a form.[↗](../../submission/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Submission is the act of handing something in.[↗](../../submission/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Submission is giving in or obeying someone more powerful, as in "beaten into submission".[↗](../../submission/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (formal, law) A submission is an argument or statement given to a judge or committee.[↗](../../submission/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The deadline for submission of your project is Friday.[↗](../../submission/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The poetry competition received two hundred submissions.[↗](../../submission/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My submission to the art contest was a painting of a fox.[↗](../../submission/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The wrestler forced his opponent into submission.[↗](../../submission/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The dog lay on its back in submission.[↗](../../submission/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · (formal) The lawyer made a submission to the judge.[↗](../../submission/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · (church) The monks lived in humble submission to God.[↗](../../submission/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **submissive** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Willing to obey others and do what they want without arguing or standing up for yourself.[↗](../../submissive/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (animals) Showing by body language that you will not fight, like a dog rolling on its back.[↗](../../submissive/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The puppy rolled over in a submissive way.[↗](../../submissive/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The younger wolf lowered its head to look submissive.[↗](../../submissive/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She was too submissive and always let others choose.[↗](../../submissive/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The captured knight bowed in a submissive way.[↗](../../submissive/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · You can be polite without being submissive.[↗](../../submissive/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In the old story, the servant answered submissively.[↗](../../submissive/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Remember when you are grown up to be submissive to those who are your superiors, and to be kind to all those who are under you.[↗](../../submissive/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **submit** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To submit something is to hand it in or send it so it can be checked or judged, like homework or a form.[↗](../../submit/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To submit is to give in and accept someone's power or control.[↗](../../submit/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (formal) To submit can also mean to state an opinion politely.[↗](../../submit/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* I submit that the plan is unfair.[↗](../../submit/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (computers) To submit is to click a button that sends what you typed.[↗](../../submit/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Please submit your homework by Friday.[↗](../../submit/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I submitted my poem to the writing competition.[↗](../../submit/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Click «Submit» to send your answers.[↗](../../submit/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The rebels finally submitted to the king.[↗](../../submit/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He would not submit to the bully.[↗](../../submit/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We submitted a form to join the swimming club.[↗](../../submit/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The lawyer submitted that the man was innocent (formal).[↗](../../submit/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Katoma submitted patiently to the outrage.[↗](../../submit/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And the angel of the LORD said unto her: 'Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.'[↗](../../submit/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.16.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../submit/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And all the princes, and the mighty men, and all the sons likewise of king David, submitted themselves unto Solomon the king.[↗](../../submit/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 1CH.29.24, JPS 1917)[↗](../../submit/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Rebuke the wild beast of the reeds, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the peoples, every one submitting himself with pieces of silver; He hath scattered the peoples that delight in war\![↗](../../submit/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.68.31, JPS 1917)[↗](../../submit/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Shout against her round about, she hath submitted herself; her buttresses are fallen, her walls are thrown down; for it is the vengeance of the LORD, take vengeance upon her; as she hath done, do unto her.[↗](../../submit/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.50.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../submit/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **suboptimal** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (euphemism, jargon) not as good as it could be; in plain words, poor or bad.[↗](../../suboptimal/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (technical) not the best possible solution in maths or computing.[↗](../../suboptimal/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The results were suboptimal: we lost ten nil.[↗](../../suboptimal/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The weather for the picnic was suboptimal.[↗](../../suboptimal/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · That route is suboptimal; the other way is shorter.[↗](../../suboptimal/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · "Suboptimal" is a fancy way of saying it went wrong.[↗](../../suboptimal/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The computer found a suboptimal answer.[↗](../../suboptimal/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Forgetting your PE kit on match day is suboptimal.[↗](../../suboptimal/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **subordinate** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* In grammar, a subordinate clause is a part of a sentence that has a verb but cannot stand alone, like «because it was raining».[↗](../../subordinate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A subordinate is a person who has a lower rank and takes orders from someone else at work.[↗](../../subordinate/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (formal) Subordinate means less important than something else.[↗](../../subordinate/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* «When the bell rang» is a subordinate clause.[↗](../../subordinate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Add a subordinate clause starting with «because».[↗](../../subordinate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The captain gave orders to his subordinates.[↗](../../subordinate/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A subordinate clause needs a main clause.[↗](../../subordinate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Fun is subordinate to safety on the trip.[↗](../../subordinate/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Use a comma after a subordinate clause at the start of a sentence.[↗](../../subordinate/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **subordinating** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (grammar) A subordinating conjunction is a joining word such as because, when, if, although, while, since, before or until that starts a subordinate clause — a part of a sentence that cannot stand alone.[↗](../../subordinating/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) Subordinating something means treating it as less important than something else.[↗](../../subordinating/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* "Because" is a subordinating conjunction.[↗](../../subordinating/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Underline the subordinating conjunction: "We went home when the bell rang."[↗](../../subordinating/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · "Although" is a subordinating conjunction that shows contrast.[↗](../../subordinating/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Use a subordinating conjunction to join the two sentences.[↗](../../subordinating/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Subordinating conjunctions start subordinate clauses.[↗](../../subordinating/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · (formal) She was subordinating her own wishes to the needs of the team.[↗](../../subordinating/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Start your sentence with a subordinating conjunction, like "If it snows, ...".[↗](../../subordinating/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **subordination** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Subordination is being under someone else's control or authority, or putting someone or something in a lower, less important place.[↗](../../subordination/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (grammar) Subordination is joining a less important clause to a main clause with a word such as because, although, when or if, making a complex sentence.[↗](../../subordination/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Using subordination makes our sentences longer and more interesting.[↗](../../subordination/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · «Although» is a word that shows subordination.[↗](../../subordination/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In the army there is strict subordination of soldiers to officers.[↗](../../subordination/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher marked my sentences for subordination and coordination.[↗](../../subordination/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · «When the bell rang, we ran out» uses subordination.[↗](../../subordination/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In the old days, women's subordination to men was written into the law in many countries.[↗](../../subordination/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **subscribe** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To pay regularly to get something, such as a magazine, a streaming service or a newspaper.[↗](../../subscribe/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To sign up to get updates, emails or videos from a channel or website, often for free.[↗](../../subscribe/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (formal) To agree with or support an idea or belief: «I don't subscribe to that view».[↗](../../subscribe/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (formal) To give money regularly to a charity or club.[↗](../../subscribe/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We subscribe to a science magazine for kids.[↗](../../subscribe/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad subscribes to a music service for £10 a month.[↗](../../subscribe/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't subscribe to anything online without asking a grown-up.[↗](../../subscribe/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · (formal) I do not subscribe to the idea that maths is boring.[↗](../../subscribe/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Click here to subscribe to our newsletter.[↗](../../subscribe/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · If you subscribe for 12 months at $5 a month, you pay $60.[↗](../../subscribe/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · My cousin's channel has thousands of people who subscribe.[↗](../../subscribe/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Yes, how many tears I have wept in the fifty years I have subscribed to the theatre!"[↗](../../subscribe/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And I subscribed the deed, and sealed it, and called witnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances.[↗](../../subscribe/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.32.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../subscribe/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And yet for all this we make a sure covenant, and subscribe it; and our princes, our Levites, and our priests, set their seal unto it.[↗](../../subscribe/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings NEH.10.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../subscribe/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · One shall say: 'I am the LORD'S'; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the LORD, and surname himself by the name of Israel.[↗](../../subscribe/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.44.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../subscribe/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **subscriber** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A person who pays regularly to receive something, such as a magazine, a streaming service or a phone plan.[↗](../../subscriber/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A person who follows a channel online so they see new videos or posts, often for free.[↗](../../subscriber/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (formal) A person who agrees with or supports an idea.[↗](../../subscriber/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "a subscriber to the view that…"[↗](../../subscriber/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The channel just reached a million subscribers\![↗](../../subscriber/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My uncle is a subscriber to a gardening magazine.[↗](../../subscriber/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Subscribers get a new comic every month.[↗](../../subscriber/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Only paying subscribers can watch the film.[↗](../../subscriber/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Ask an adult before you click "subscribe" on anything that costs money.[↗](../../subscriber/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The newspaper lost many subscribers last year.[↗](../../subscriber/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · It was she, Mr. Editor, who got together so many subscribers for your last translation.'[↗](../../subscriber/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **subscription** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Money you pay regularly, every month or year, to get something, like a magazine, a streaming service or a club membership.[↗](../../subscription/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The arrangement itself.[↗](../../subscription/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "My subscription ends soon."[↗](../../subscription/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A subscription can also be a sum of money that many people give together to help someone or a cause.[↗](../../subscription/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I have a subscription to a nature magazine.[↗](../../subscription/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The music subscription costs 10 pounds a month.[↗](../../subscription/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Ask a parent before you start any subscription.[↗](../../subscription/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum cancelled the subscription we did not use.[↗](../../subscription/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A yearly subscription is often cheaper than paying each month.[↗](../../subscription/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The gym subscription includes swimming.[↗](../../subscription/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · When the subscription was finished there was a thousand pounds, and a committee was formed to settle what should be done with it.[↗](../../subscription/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **subsequent** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) Coming after something else in time or order; following; later.[↗](../../subsequent/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* subsequent to (formal): after.[↗](../../subsequent/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The first test was easy, but subsequent tests were harder.[↗](../../subsequent/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Each subsequent term in the pattern is 3 more.[↗](../../subsequent/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The storm and the subsequent flood damaged many homes.[↗](../../subsequent/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Subsequent to the meeting, the plan changed.[↗](../../subsequent/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She won the first race and all subsequent races.[↗](../../subsequent/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · On subsequent days, the plant grew taller.[↗](../../subsequent/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The cause of this quarrel throws a bright light on Perraults subsequent career.[↗](../../subsequent/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Although the number 32 is not ruminated upon any further after SY 1:1, subsequent commentaries have associated it with the 32 occurrences of the name אֱלֹהִים Elohim in \[Genesis 1\].[↗](../../subsequent/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../subsequent/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/) … 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