--- title: S — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 111 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/111/) [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 111 [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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*In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* Subtlety is cleverness in planning tricks that are hard to see.[↗](../../subtlety/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *In Jewish tradition, meaning 2:* A subtlety is a small, delicate detail that is hard to notice.[↗](../../subtlety/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The hero won by subtlety, not by strength.[↗](../../subtlety/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The king was famous for his wisdom and subtlety.[↗](../../subtlety/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The hare used subtlety to escape the dogs.[↗](../../subtlety/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The painting has many subtleties of colour.[↗](../../subtlety/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **subtly** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* In a sly, clever, hidden way.[↗](../../subtly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother; for every brother acteth subtly, and every neighbour goeth about with slanders.[↗](../../subtly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.9.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../subtly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Go, I pray you, make yet more sure, and know and see his place where his haunt is, and who hath seen him there; for it is told me that he dealeth very subtly.[↗](../../subtly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.23.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../subtly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") **subtract** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To subtract is to take one number away from another to find what is left or the difference.[↗](../../subtract/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To subtract something can also mean to take it away from a group or an amount.[↗](../../subtract/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Student: I subtract: 6 (because of «give», «left»).[↗](../../subtract/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Subtract 5 from 12.[↗](../../subtract/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We subtract to find how many more Tom has than Ben.[↗](../../subtract/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · If you subtract 3 from 10, you get 7.[↗](../../subtract/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum subtracted the cost of the milk from 20 dollars to find her change.[↗](../../subtract/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · To check a subtraction, add the answer to the smaller number.[↗](../../subtract/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The coach subtracted one point for a foul.[↗](../../subtract/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Subtraction is the opposite of addition.[↗](../../subtract/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **subtraction** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Subtraction is taking one number away from another to find what is left or the difference.[↗](../../subtraction/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A subtraction is one sum where you take away.[↗](../../subtraction/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "do these ten subtractions".[↗](../../subtraction/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Subtraction is the opposite of addition.[↗](../../subtraction/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · 15 − 6 = 9 is a subtraction.[↗](../../subtraction/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · I had 10 sweets and ate 3; subtraction tells me 7 are left.[↗](../../subtraction/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We practised column subtraction today.[↗](../../subtraction/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · What is the difference between 20 and 12?[↗](../../subtraction/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") Use subtraction: 8.[↗](../../subtraction/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Check your subtraction by adding the answer back.[↗](../../subtraction/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The change from 5 dollars after spending 3 dollars 40 is found by subtraction.[↗](../../subtraction/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **suburb** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A suburb is an area where people live on the edge of a city or town, mostly with houses, schools and shops rather than big offices or factories.[↗](../../suburb/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The suburbs means all such areas around a city.[↗](../../suburb/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We live in a suburb of Dublin.[↗](../../suburb/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Many people commute from the suburbs to the city.[↗](../../suburb/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Bondi is a suburb of Sydney.[↗](../../suburb/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The suburbs have more gardens than the city centre.[↗](../../suburb/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Our new school is in a leafy suburb.[↗](../../suburb/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Trains helped suburbs grow in Victorian times.[↗](../../suburb/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · In an out-of-the-way suburb of Rome lay a tavern much visited by artists.[↗](../../suburb/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **suburban** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Suburban means of or in the outer parts of a town or city, where there are houses and gardens, away from the centre.[↗](../../suburban/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We live in a quiet suburban street.[↗](../../suburban/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The suburban gardens were full of flowers.[↗](../../suburban/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The school is in a suburban area, not in the centre.[↗](../../suburban/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **subvert** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* To overturn or ruin something, especially to twist a person's case so justice fails.[↗](../../subvert/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not.[↗](../../subvert/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings LAM.3.36, JPS 1917)[↗](../../subvert/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Know now that God hath subverted my cause, and hath compassed me with His net.[↗](../../subvert/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.19.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../subvert/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") **subway** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* In the USA and Canada, an underground railway in a city, like the New York subway.[↗](../../subway/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In the UK, Ireland and Australia, a path or tunnel under a road for people to walk through.[↗](../../subway/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We took the subway to the museum.[↗](../../subway/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The subway station is two blocks away.[↗](../../subway/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Hold an adult's hand on a busy subway platform.[↗](../../subway/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In London, the underground railway is called the Tube, not the subway.[↗](../../subway/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Use the subway to cross the main road.[↗](../../subway/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The subway was crowded in the morning.[↗](../../subway/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **succeed** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To succeed is to do what you tried or hoped to do.[↗](../../succeed/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To succeed someone is to come after them and take their place, like a new king succeeding an old one.[↗](../../succeed/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To succeed can mean to do well in life or in a job.[↗](../../succeed/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She succeeded in climbing to the top of the wall.[↗](../../succeed/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · If at first you don't succeed, try again.[↗](../../succeed/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · With practice, you will succeed.[↗](../../succeed/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He finally succeeded in tying his shoelaces.[↗](../../succeed/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The prince succeeded his father as king.[↗](../../succeed/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Our plan to surprise Mum succeeded.[↗](../../succeed/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Working together helps everyone succeed.[↗](../../succeed/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · All of them tried, but only one succeeded.[↗](../../succeed/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakim; but the LORD destroyed them before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead; (Torah DEU.2.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../succeed/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And it shall be, that the first-born that she beareth shall succeed in the name of his brother that is dead, that his name be not blotted out of Israel.[↗](../../succeed/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.25.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../succeed/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · When the LORD thy God shall cut off the nations, whose land the LORD thy God giveth thee, and thou dost succeed them, and dwell in their cities, and in their houses; (Torah DEU.19.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../succeed/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou renewest Thy witnesses against me, and increasest Thine indignation upon me; host succeeding host against me.[↗](../../succeed/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.10.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../succeed/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **success** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Success is doing what you wanted or tried to do.[↗](../../success/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A success is something that goes well or works, like a party that is a success.[↗](../../success/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Success can mean being famous, rich or doing well in life.[↗](../../success/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The school fair was a huge success.[↗](../../success/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Practice is the key to success.[↗](../../success/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We celebrated our team's success.[↗](../../success/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Her first try was not a success, but the second was.[↗](../../success/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The experiment ended in success.[↗](../../success/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Success feels good after hard work.[↗](../../success/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The bake sale was a success: we raised 80 dollars.[↗](../../success/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · In short, the Nightingale was a real success.[↗](../../success/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And David had great success in all his ways; and the LORD was with him.[↗](../../success/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.18.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../success/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And when Saul saw that he had great success, he stood in awe of him.[↗](../../success/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.18.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../success/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And David went out; whithersoever Saul sent him, he had good success; and Saul set him over the men of war; and it was good in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul's servants.[↗](../../success/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.18.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../success/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **successful** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Achieving what you wanted or tried to do.[↗](../../successful/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Having done well in life, work or business, often becoming rich or famous.[↗](../../successful/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Turning out well; working as planned, like a successful plan or experiment.[↗](../../successful/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Our cake sale was very successful — we raised £120.[↗](../../successful/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She was successful in getting into the team.[↗](../../successful/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The rocket launch was successful.[↗](../../successful/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He became a successful writer.[↗](../../successful/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The rescue was successful and everyone was safe.[↗](../../successful/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The experiment was successful on the third try.[↗](../../successful/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A successful team works together.[↗](../../successful/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · This time her scheme was successful.[↗](../../successful/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · "When Abraham our father arose, he looked nnd saw and investigated and observed and engraved and hewed and combin- ed and formed and calculated, and his creation was successful.[↗](../../successful/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../successful/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **successfully** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Successfully means in a way that achieves what you wanted or planned.[↗](../../successfully/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Successfully means without failing or going wrong.[↗](../../successfully/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She successfully climbed to the top of the wall.[↗](../../successfully/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The rocket was launched successfully.[↗](../../successfully/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · You have successfully logged in.[↗](../../successfully/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The class successfully grew beans from seeds.[↗](../../successfully/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He successfully passed his swimming test.[↗](../../successfully/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Of the 20 free throws, Tom successfully scored 15.[↗](../../successfully/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The firefighters successfully rescued the cat.[↗](../../successfully/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The plan worked successfully.[↗](../../successfully/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Peter had made the journey to the treasure mountain successfully, without being found out by anybody.[↗](../../successfully/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **succession** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A succession is a number of people or things that follow one after another.[↗](../../succession/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In succession means one after another, without a break.[↗](../../succession/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Succession is the passing of a title or position, like king or queen, to the next person.[↗](../../succession/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The team won four matches in succession.[↗](../../succession/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A succession of visitors came to see the new baby.[↗](../../succession/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The prince is next in the line of succession.[↗](../../succession/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Three loud bangs came in quick succession.[↗](../../succession/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · After the fire, plants returned in succession: grass first, then bushes, then trees.[↗](../../succession/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She had a succession of jobs before becoming a teacher.[↗](../../succession/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He committed the enormity of winning seven games in succession from the king himself!!\![↗](../../succession/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · He combined, weighed and changed : the א with all the other letters in succession, and all the others again with א; ב with all, and all again with ב; and so the whole series of letters.[↗](../../succession/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../succession/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · is '' the voices from nothing."[↗](../../succession/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") The Ten Sephiruth of the Kabalah are the " Ten Primary Emanations from the Divine Source " which are the primal forces leading to all manifestation upon every plane in succession.[↗](../../succession/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../succession/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **successive** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Coming or happening one after another, in a row, without a break.[↗](../../successive/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The team won five successive matches.[↗](../../successive/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · It rained on four successive days.[↗](../../successive/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · (formal) Successive governments have promised new hospitals.[↗](../../successive/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Each successive picture was bigger than the one before.[↗](../../successive/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She came first for the second successive time.[↗](../../successive/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Find two successive numbers that add up to 15: 7 and 8.[↗](../../successive/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Successive waves washed over the sandcastle.[↗](../../successive/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · He is enabled to perform this feat by a magic horse, which he obtains by watching his father's crops on three successive St. John's Nights.[↗](../../successive/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · all the triliteral combinations, leaving sufficient space between two successive combinations for the addition of a new letter; then by adding an x at the beginning of each triliteral com- bination, we shall attain 10,648 quadriliterals beginning with an N.[↗](../../successive/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../successive/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **successively** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Successively means one after another, in order, without a break.[↗](../../successively/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Successively also means each time in a series, with each one following the last: successively larger numbers.[↗](../../successively/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The numbers 3, 6, 9, 12 get successively bigger.[↗](../../successively/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The team won three matches successively.[↗](../../successively/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The kings ruled the country successively.[↗](../../successively/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The steps get successively harder.[↗](../../successively/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Pour the liquids in successively, not all at once.[↗](../../successively/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The bowls were successively smaller, like Russian dolls.[↗](../../successively/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Cuchulain fights three of them successively, has his wounds bound up by a strip of the maiden's garment, and then departs.[↗](../../successively/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **successor** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A successor is a person who takes over a job, title or position after someone else leaves it, like the next king or the next head teacher.[↗](../../successor/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A successor is something that comes after and replaces something else, like a newer model of a phone.[↗](../../successor/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (maths) The successor of a whole number is the number that comes right after it.[↗](../../successor/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Prince Charles was the successor to Queen Elizabeth.[↗](../../successor/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · (Bible) Joshua was chosen as the successor of Moses.[↗](../../successor/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The head teacher's successor starts next term.[↗](../../successor/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The new game is the successor to last year's hit.[↗](../../successor/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · (maths) The successor of 99 is 100.[↗](../../successor/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The king had no son, so there was no clear successor.[↗](../../successor/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · She is a worthy successor to the old captain.[↗](../../successor/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · I shall feel that I have a worthy successor, and shall cheerfully retire from the fatigues of government."[↗](../../successor/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **succoth** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A place name meaning "booths" or "huts.".[↗](../../succoth/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.[↗](../../succoth/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.33.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../succoth/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses, and pitched in Succoth.[↗](../../succoth/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.33.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../succoth/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him a house, and made booths for his cattle.[↗](../../succoth/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.33.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../succoth/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In the plain of the Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarethan.[↗](../../succoth/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1KI.7.46, JPS 1917)[↗](../../succoth/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In the plain of the Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredah.[↗](../../succoth/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 2CH.4.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../succoth/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · And the men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima, (Prophets 2KI.17.30, JPS 1917)[↗](../../succoth/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **succour** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Succour is help given to someone in trouble or need.[↗](../../succour/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To succour someone is to help them when they are in danger or need.[↗](../../succour/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") (Spelt succor in America.).[↗](../../succour/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The knight came to their succour.[↗](../../succour/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The old woman gave succour to the lost child.[↗](../../succour/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The god promised to succour the weak.[↗](../../succour/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him.[↗](../../succour/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2SA.21.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../succour/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · And when the Arameans of Damascus came to succour Hadadezer king of Zobah, David smote of the Arameans two and twenty thousand men.[↗](../../succour/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2SA.8.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../succour/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · And when the Arameans of Damascus came to succour Hadarezer king of Zobah, David smote of the Arameans two and twenty thousand men.[↗](../../succour/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 1CH.18.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../succour/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **succumb** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) To succumb is to stop resisting something and give in to it, like a temptation or pressure.[↗](../../succumb/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal, euphemism) To succumb to an illness or injury is to die from it.[↗](../../succumb/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To succumb to sleep or tiredness is to be overcome by it.[↗](../../succumb/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I finally succumbed and ate the last biscuit.[↗](../../succumb/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The town succumbed to the enemy after a long siege.[↗](../../succumb/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Sadly, the driver succumbed to his injuries.[↗](../../succumb/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Many trees succumbed to the disease.[↗](../../succumb/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · After the long walk, the children succumbed to sleep.[↗](../../succumb/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't succumb to pressure from friends to do something wrong.[↗](../../succumb/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The old castle succumbed to wind and rain over time.[↗](../../succumb/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Arrived on the battlefield she beheld the lifeless body of her son, who, after a long and brave defence, had at length succumbed to the all-conquering arm of Achilles.[↗](../../succumb/#x8 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