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sub

sub (third-person singular simple present subs, present participle subbing, simple past and past participle subbed)

1. (US, informal) To substitute for.
2. (US, informal) To work as a substitute teacher, especially in primary and secondary education.
3. (UK, informal) (soccer) To replace (a player) with a substitute.

   He never really made a contribution to the match, so it was no surprise when he was subbed at half time.

4. (UK, informal) (soccer) Less commonly, and often as sub on, to bring on (a player) as a substitute.

   He was subbed on half way through the second half, and scored within minutes.

5. (UK) To perform the work of a subeditor or copy editor; to subedit.
6. (UK, slang, transitive) To lend.
   • 2011, Rowland Rivron, What the F*** Did I Do Last Night?

     I kept up the pleasantries as we were drying our hands and, realizing I didnt have any change for the lodger, I asked him, one drummer to another like, if he could sub me a quid for the dish.

sub (plural subs)

1. A submarine.
2. A submarine sandwich—a sandwich made on a long bun.

   We can get subs at that deli.

3. (US, informal) A substitute.

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

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

4. (UK, informal) A substitute in a football (soccer) game: someone who comes on in place of another player part way through the game.
5. (UK, informal, often in plural) Short for subscription: a payment made for membership of a club, etc.
6. (informal) A submissive in BDSM practices.
   • 2004, Paul Baker, Fantabulosa: A Dictionary of Polari and Gay Slang?

     ...roleplay where a sub or bottom takes care of a tops bodily and hygiene needs...

   • 2007, Laurell K Hamilton, The Harlequin

     ""It means that Im both a sub and a dom."" ""Submissive and dominant,"" I said. He nodded.

   • 2008, Lannie Rose, How to Change Your Sex

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

7. (Internet, informal) Short for subtitle.
8. (computing, programming) A subroutine (sometimes one that does not return a value, as distinguished from a function, which does).
   • 2002, Nathan Patwardhan, Ellen Siever, Stephen Spainhour, Perl in a nutshell

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

   • 2004, P. K. McBride, Introductory Visual Basic.NET (page 49)

     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...

sub

1. Under.

Definizione dizionario sub

sostituto

sotto

sottomarino

Altri significati:

(UK, informal) (soccer) Less commonly, and often as sub on , to bring on (a player) as a substitute.

A submarine sandwich—a sandwich made on a long bun.

a submarine

(UK, informal) A substitute in a football (soccer) game: someone who comes on in place of another player part way through the game.

(UK, informal, often in plural) Short for subscription: a payment made for membership of a club, etc.

(UK, informal) (soccer) To replace (a player) with a substitute.

(informal) A submissive in BDSM practices.

(UK) To perform the work of a subeditor or copy editor; to subedit.

(US, informal) To substitute for.

Under.

(US, informal) A substitute.

A submarine.

(computing, programming) A subroutine (sometimes one that does not return a value, as distinguished from a function, which does).

(US, informal) To work as a substitute teacher, especially in primary and secondary education.

(Internet, informal) Short for subtitle.