Meaning of Sub | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Abbreviation of submarine.
   abbreviation, alt-of
2. Clipping of submarine sandwich: a sandwich made on a long bun.
   abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
3. Clipping of submersible.
   abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
4. Clipping of substitute, often in sports or teaching.
   abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal
5. Clipping of subscription (“a payment made for membership of a club, etc.”).
   British, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal, often, plural
6. Clipping of subtitle
   Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal
7. Clipping of subroutine (sometimes one that does not return a value, as distinguished from a function, which does)
   abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
8. Clipping of subeditor
   abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial
9. Clipping of subcontractor
   abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial
10. Clipping of subwoofer
    abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang
11. Clipping of submission (of a work for publication).
    abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial
12. Clipping of submissive
    abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal
13. Clipping of subordinate
    abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial, dated
14. Clipping of subaltern
    abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial, dated
15. Clipping of subscription (or (by extension) a subscriber) to an online channel or feed.
    Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial
16. Clipping of subsistence money, part of a worker's wages paid before the work is finished.
    abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial
17. Clipping of subreddit.
    Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
18. Clipping of subject (“particular area of study”)
    Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial

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Examples

“You know, we got Russian subs creepin' around; anythin' goes wrong they can say whatever they want happened! Give their folks medals!”

“We can get subs at that deli.”

“With the score 4 to 1, they brought in subs.”

“She worked as a sub until she got her teaching certificate.”

“At any other school you would be playing varsity, and Wallace has you pigeon-holed on the subs." "Maybe he has his reasons," Jim replied. "And he hasn't pigeon-holed me on the subs yet — not this season.”

“According to the best available information, GALAXY has several times as many subs as any other science fiction magazine!”

“My friend Keith got me a sub to your paper for my Christmas present.”

“I've just noticed a mistake in the subs for this film.”

“The default accessor can be overridden by declaring a sub of the same name in the package.”

“So far, all the subs and functions that we have used have been those built into the system, or those written to handle events from controls […]”

“Evoking the train of power that enables effective government, [historian Ramsay MacMullen] wrote: “At every point of connection the original intent must be transmitted as it was received. Otherwise it will come to nothing.” Control and accountability are the bedrock. Control: Who makes the decisions and who decides whether they will be executed—and for whose benefit? Accountability: Who determines whether something has gone wrong, and who determines whether the problem is fixed? In a privatized world, government becomes “diffuse, unstable, unpredictable,” and the skein of responsibility more and more attenuated. Contractors hire subcontractors, who hire subcontractors of their own. “I can’t tell you about the sub to the sub to the sub,” a NATO official told The New York Times in 2010 when asked about convoy guards in Afghanistan who turned out to be in league with the Taliban. Throughout much of our spun-off government today, “the sub to the sub to the sub” is almost a job description.”

“[…] roleplay where a sub or bottom takes care of a top's bodily and hygiene needs […]”

“"It means that I'm both a sub and a dom." "Submissive and dominant," I said. He nodded.”

“Typically a dom and a sub have a more or less standard routine that they like to go through all the time.”

“We're not that kind of sub!”

“He was known as 'Mad Carew' by the subs at Khatmandu, He was hotter than they felt inclined to tell; But for all his foolish pranks, he was worshipped in the ranks, And the Colonel's daughter smiled on him as well.”

“I'm totally stoked; just got 10 new subs after my last video.”

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