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substantive
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French substantif.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?s?bst?nt?v/, /s?b?stænt?v/
Adjective
substantive (comparative more substantive, superlative most substantive)
- of the essence or essential element of a thing; as, "substantive information"
- Synonyms: essential, in essence
- having substance; enduring; solid; firm; substantial
- Synonyms: meaty, substantial
- Antonym: superficial
- (law) applying to essential legal principles and rules of right; as, "substantive law"
- Antonyms: adjective, procedural
- (chemistry) of a dye that does not need the use of a mordant to be made fast to that which is being dyed
- Antonym: adjective
- Depending on itself; independent.
- (grammar) Clipping of noun substantive.
- Synonym: substantival
- (military, of a rank or appointment) actually and legally held, as distinct from an acting, temporary or honorary rank or appointment
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
substantive (plural substantives)
- (grammar) a word that names a person, place, thing or idea; a noun (sensu stricto) [from 16th c.]
- Synonyms: (sensu stricto) noun, noun substantive
- Hypernym: (sensu lato) noun
- Part of a text that carries the meaning, such as words and their ordering.
- Coordinate term: accidental
Alternative forms
- subst. (abbreviation used in lexicography and grammar)
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
substantive (third-person singular simple present substantives, present participle substantiving, simple past and past participle substantived)
- (grammar, very rare) to make a word belonging to another part of speech into a substantive (that is, a noun) or use it as a noun
- Synonyms: substantivize, nominalize
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /syp.st??.tiv/
- Homophone: substantives
Adjective
substantive
- feminine singular of substantif
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /sub.stan?ti?.u?e/, [s??ps?t?än??t?i?u??]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /sup.stan?ti.ve/, [supst??n??t?i?v?]
Adjective
substant?ve
- vocative masculine singular of substant?vus
Portuguese
Verb
substantive
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of substantivar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of substantivar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of substantivar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of substantivar
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [sub.stan?ti.ve]
Noun
substantive
- plural of substantiv
Spanish
Verb
substantive
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of substantivar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of substantivar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of substantivar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of substantivar.
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sub
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: s?b, IPA(key): /s?b/
- Rhymes: -?b
- Hyphenation: sub
Etymology 1
Shortened form of any of various words beginning with sub-.
Noun
sub (plural subs)
- A submarine.
- A submarine sandwich: a sandwich made on a long bun.
- (informal) A substitute, often in sports.
- 1930, Boy's Live, Philip Scruggs, There Can Be Victory, page 20
- 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.
- 1930, Boy's Live, Philip Scruggs, There Can Be Victory, page 20
- (Britain, informal, often in plural) A subscription: a payment made for membership of a club, etc.
- 1951, H. L. Gold, “Annual Report” in Galaxy Science Fiction, volume 2, number 6, page 2:
- According to the best available information, GALAXY has several times as many subs as any other science fiction magazine!
- 1951, H. L. Gold, “Annual Report” in Galaxy Science Fiction, volume 2, number 6, page 2:
- (Internet, informal) A subtitle.
- (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 […]
- 2002, Nathan Patwardhan, Ellen Siever, Stephen Spainhour, Perl in a nutshell
- (colloquial) A subeditor.
- (colloquial) A subcontractor.
- (BDSM, informal) A submissive.
- (colloquial, dated) A subordinate.
- (colloquial, dated) A subaltern.
- 1911, J. Milton Hayes, The Green Eye of the Yellow God
- 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.
- He was known as 'Mad Carew' by the subs at Khatmandu,
- 1911, J. Milton Hayes, The Green Eye of the Yellow God
- (colloquial, Internet) A subscription (or (by extension) a subscriber) to an online channel or feed.
- (colloquial) Subsistence money: part of a worker's wages paid before the work is finished.
Synonyms
- (submarine sandwich): submarine, submarine sandwich; grinder, hero, hero sandwich, hoagie, po' boy, spuckie, torpedo, wedge
Hypernyms
- (submarine sandwich): sandwich
Translations
Verb
sub (third-person singular simple present subs, present participle subbing, simple past and past participle subbed)
- (US, informal) To substitute for.
- (US, informal) To work as a substitute teacher, especially in primary and secondary education.
- (Britain, 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.
- (Britain, 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.
- (Britain) To perform the work of a subeditor or copy editor; to subedit.
- (Britain, slang, transitive) To lend.
- (slang, intransitive) To subscribe.
- (BDSM) To take a submissive role.
- 2012, Alicia White, Jessica's Breakdown (page 53)
- You've never subbed before. Jessica will be expecting a man on stage that follows orders and enjoys what she's going to be doing. Do you want to be spanked? Possibly whipped?
- 2012, Alicia White, Jessica's Breakdown (page 53)
See also
- switch (one who is willing to take either a sadistic or a masochistic role)
Etymology 2
From Latin sub.
Preposition
sub
- Under.
Verb
sub (third-person singular simple present subs, present participle subbing, simple past and past participle subbed)
- To coat with a layer of adhering material; to planarize by means of such a coating.
- (microscopy) To prepare (a slide) with a layer of transparent substance to support and/or fix the sample.
- 1997, Marina A. Lynch, S. M. O'Mara (editors), Ali D. Hames, D. Rickwood (series editors), Neuroscience Labfax, page 166,
- Ensure that gloves are worn when handling subbed slides. Although the following protocol describes subbing with gelatin, slides may also be coated with either 3-(triethoxysilyl-)propylamine (TESPA) or poly-L-lysine for in situ hybridization.
- 1997, Marina A. Lynch, S. M. O'Mara (editors), Ali D. Hames, D. Rickwood (series editors), Neuroscience Labfax, page 166,
Anagrams
- Bus., SBU, UBS, USB, bus, bus.
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English sub.
Pronunciation
Noun
sub c (plural subs)
- submarine, sub
Esperanto
Etymology
From Latin sub.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sub/
- Hyphenation: sub
Preposition
sub
- under, below
Antonyms
- super
Ido
Preposition
sub
- under, below
Italian
Noun
sub m or f (invariable)
- skin-diver, scuba diver
- Synonym: subacqueo
- bottom, submissive (BDSM partner)
See also
- dom
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *supo, from Proto-Indo-European *upó.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /sub/, [s??b]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /sub/, [sub]
Preposition
sub (+ accusative, ablative)
- (with ablative) under, beneath
- (with ablative) behind
- (with ablative) at the feet of
- (with ablative) within, during
- (with ablative) about, around (time); just before, just after, shortly before, shortly after
- (with accusative) under, up to, up under, close to (of a motion)
- (with accusative) until, before, up to, about
Derived terms
- sub ros?
- subter
- subtus
- sup?nus
Descendants
References
- sub in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- sub in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- sub in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- sub in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
Romanian
Alternative forms
- (popular) subt, supt
Etymology
From Latin subtus, from sub, from Proto-Italic *supo, from Proto-Indo-European *upo. Compare Aromanian sum
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sub/
Preposition
sub (+accusative)
- under, below, beneath, underneath
Derived terms
- dedesubt
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?sub/, [?su??]
Preposition
sub
- under
Swedish
Noun
sub c
- (slang) a subwoofer, a bass loudspeaker; Contraction of subwoofer.
Declension
See also
- subba
- subbe
Anagrams
- bus
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