Читаем Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary полностью

suave /swɑː v/ (suaver , suavest ) ADJ Someone who is suave is charming, polite, and elegant, but may be insincere. □  He is a suave, cool and cultured man. ●  suave|ly ADV □  …the skills needed to deal suavely with a company's senior managers.

sub /sʌ b/ (subs )

1 N‑COUNT In team games such as football, a sub is a player who is brought into a match to replace another player. [INFORMAL ] □  We had a few injuries and had to use youth team kids as subs.

2 N‑COUNT A sub is the same as a submarine . [INFORMAL ]

3 N‑PLURAL A fixed amount of money that you pay regularly in order to be a member of a club or society is called your subs . [BRIT , OLD-FASHIONED ] □  Subs will be raised as from next year.

PREFIX sub-

forms nouns that refer to things that are part of a larger thing. For example, a subculture is the culture of a group of people within a society.

sub|al|tern /sʌ b ^ə ltə ^r n/ (subalterns ) N‑COUNT A subaltern is an officer of middle rank in the British army. [BRIT ]

sub|atom|ic /sʌ bətɒ m I k/ ADJ [ADJ n] A subatomic particle is a particle which is part of an atom, for example an electron, a proton, or a neutron. [TECHNICAL ]

sub|com|mit|tee /sʌ bkəm I ti/ (subcommittees ) also sub-committee N‑COUNT [with sing or pl verb] A subcommittee is a small committee made up of members of a larger committee.

sub|con|scious /sʌ bkɒ nʃəs/

1 N‑SING Your subconscious is the part of your mind that can influence you or affect your behaviour even though you are not aware of it. □  …the hidden power of the subconscious. □  The memory of it all was locked deep in my subconscious.

2 ADJ [usu ADJ n] A subconscious feeling or action exists in or is influenced by your subconscious. □  He caught her arm in a subconscious attempt to detain her. □  …a subconscious cry for affection. ●  sub|con|scious|ly ADV [usu ADV with v, oft ADV adj] □  Subconsciously I had known that I would not be in personal danger.

sub|con|ti|nent /sʌ bkɒ nt I nənt/ (subcontinents ) also sub-continent N‑COUNT [usu sing] A subcontinent is part of a larger continent, made up of a number of countries that form a large mass of land. The subcontinent is often used to refer to the area that contains India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh.

sub|con|tract (subcontracts , subcontracting , subcontracted ) The verb is pronounced /sʌ bkəntræ kt/. The noun is pronounced /sʌbkɒ ntrækt/. 1 VERB If one firm subcontracts part of its work to another firm, it pays the other firm to do part of the work that it has been employed to do. [BUSINESS ] □ [V n] The company is subcontracting production of most of the parts. □ [V n + to ] They are cutting costs by subcontracting work out to other local firms.

2 N‑COUNT A subcontract is a contract between a firm which is being employed to do a job and another firm which agrees to do part of that job.

sub|con|trac|tor /sʌ bkəntræ ktə ^r , [AM ] -kɑː ntræk-/ (subcontractors ) also sub-contractor N‑COUNT A subcontractor is a person or firm that has a contract to do part of a job which another firm is responsible for. [BUSINESS ] □  The company was considered as a possible subcontractor to build the aeroplane.

sub|cul|ture /sʌ bkʌltʃə ^r / (subcultures ) also sub-culture N‑COUNT A subculture is the ideas, art, and way of life of a group of people within a society, which are different from the ideas, art, and way of life of the rest of the society. □  …the latest American subculture.

sub|cu|ta|neous /sʌ bkjute I niəs/ ADJ [ADJ n] Subcutaneous is used to indicate that something is situated, used, or put under your skin. □  …subcutaneous fat.