[sub-] prefix [ME, fr. L, under, below, secretly, from below, up, near, fr. sub under, close to--more at up] 1: under: beneath: below "subsoil" "subaqueous"
2. a: subordinate: secondary: next lower than or inferior to "substation" "subeditor" b: subordinate portion of: subdivision of "subcommittee" "subspecies" c: with repetition (as of a process) so as to form, stress, or deal with subordinate parts or relations "sublet" "subcontract"
3: less than completely, perfectly, or normally: somewhat "subacute" "subclinical"
4. a: almost: nearly "suberect" b: falling nearly in the category of and often adjoining: bordering on "subarctic"sub.ad.o.les.cent sub.agen.cy sub.agent sub.al.lo.ca.tion sub.ar.ea sub.au.di.ble sub.av.er.age sub.base.ment sub.ba.sin sub.block sub.branch sub.caste sub.cat.e.go.ri.za.tion sub.cat.e.go.rize sub.cat.e.go.ry sub.ceil.ing sub.cel.lar sub.chap.ter sub.chief sub.clan sub.clus.ter sub.code sub.col.lec.tion sub.col.lege sub.col.le.giate sub.col.o.ny sub.com.mis.sion sub.com.po.nent sub.cor.date sub.co.ri.a.ceous sub.coun.ty sub.cult sub.cu.ra.tive sub.dean sub.de.ci.sion sub.de.part.ment sub.de.vel.op.ment sub.di.a.lect sub.di.rec.tor sub.dis.ci.pline sub.dis.trict sub.econ.o.my sub.erect sub.file sub.frame sub.gen.er.a.tion sub.genre sub.goal sub.gov.ern.ment sub.hu.mid sub.in.dus.try sub.in.hib.i.to.ry sub.lan.guage sub.lev.el sub.li.brar.i.an sub.li.cense sub.lit.er.a.cy sub.lit.er.ate sub.lot sub.man.ag.er sub.mar.ket sub.max.i.mal sub.menu sub.min.i.mal sub.min.is.ter sub.na.tion.al sub.net.work sub.niche sub.op.ti.mal sub.op.ti.mi.za.tion sub.op.ti.mize sub.op.ti.mum sub.or.bic.u.lar sub.or.ga.ni.za.tion sub.pan.el sub.par sub.para.graph sub.par.al.lel sub.part sub.pe.ri.od sub.phase sub.pri.mate sub.pro.cess sub.prod.uct sub.proj.ect sub.pro.le.tar.i.at sub.ra.tio.nal sub.sat.u.rat.ed sub.sat.u.ra.tion sub.scale sub.science sub.sea sub.sec.re.tary sub.sec.tor sub.seg.ment sub.sei.zure sub.sense sub.sen.tence sub.se.ries sub.site sub.skill sub.so.ci.ety sub.spe.cial.ist sub.spe.cial.ize sub.spe.cial.ty sub.state sub.sys.tem sub.task sub.tax.on sub.test sub.theme sub.ther.a.peu.tic sub.top.ic sub.trea.sury sub.trend sub.tribe sub.type sub.unit sub.va.ri.ety sub.vas.sal sub.vis.i.ble sub.vi.su.al sub.world sub.writ.er sub.ze.ro sub.zone