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# sub

«sub» in Mova's school dictionary: **a substitute, a player who comes on to replace another in…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a sub, subs); verb (sub, subs, subbed, subbing); prefix (sub-)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (informal) A sub is a substitute, a player who comes on to replace another in a match. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sub/#m1)

2) (informal) A sub is a submarine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sub/#m2)

3) (US) A sub is a long sandwich, a submarine sandwich. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sub/#m3)

4) (informal) A sub is a substitute teacher (US, Canada) or supply teacher. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sub/#m4)

5) (informal) A sub is a subscription, money paid to a club. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sub/#m5)

6) (informal, UK) To sub someone is to lend them a little money. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sub/#m6)

7) Sub- is a prefix meaning under or below: submarine, subway, subtract. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sub/#m7)

8) In old books, sub is a Latin word meaning under, as in sub anno, which means under that year. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sub/#m8)

### sense in the lessons

In PE and sport subs sit on the bench and come on later. In maths sub- appears in subtract (take away) and subtotal (part of a total). In everyday life in North America people buy subs for lunch. In clubs members pay their subs. Phrases: come on as a sub, sub in.

### examples

- The coach brought on a sub in the second half. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sub/#x1)
- We had a sub today because Mr Brown was ill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sub/#x2)
- I'd like a turkey sub, please. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sub/#x3)
- The sub dived under the waves. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sub/#x4)
- (UK, informal) Can you sub me a quid till Friday? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sub/#x5)
- Have you paid your subs for football club? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sub/#x6)
- «Subtract» means take away. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sub/#x7)
- Matthew Paris tells the story, sub anno (it is an addition of his to Ralph Disset), Hist. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sub/#x8)

### note

Short, informal form of several words — read the context. Plural: subs. Verb: subbed, subbing (double b). In maths sub- means under or less: subtract = take away; a subtotal is a part total before adding the rest.

### In the corpora

- [pre- means before (preview, prehistoric); sub- means under (submarine, subway).](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/12-prefixes-un-dis-mis-re-pre-in-im-il-ir/20/)
- [Muscles cool down and stiffen while you sit, so subs need a warm-up before going on.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/58-posture-and-eyes-for-sporty-kids/14/)
- [Coaches notice attitude, and cheering and watching the game keep a sub ready to go on.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/70-the-kid-who-is-always-on-the-bench/13/)
- [Subs often change games, and many matches are won by players coming off the bench.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/70-the-kid-who-is-always-on-the-bench/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sub» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sub/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.