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2 ADJ [ADJ n] Subscription television is television that you can watch only if you pay a subscription. A subscription channel is a channel that you can watch only if you pay a subscription.

sub|sec|tion /sʌ bsekʃ ^ə n/ (subsections ) also sub-section N‑COUNT A subsection of a text or a document such as a law is one of the smaller parts into which its main parts are divided.

sub|se|quent ◆◇◇ /sʌ bs I kwənt/

1 ADJ [ADJ n] You use subsequent to describe something that happened or existed after the time or event that has just been referred to. [FORMAL ] □  …the increase of population in subsequent years. ●  sub|se|quent|ly ADV □  She subsequently became the Faculty's President.

2 PHRASE If something happened subsequent to something else, it happened after that thing. [FORMAL ] □  They won only one more game subsequent to their Cup semi-final win last year. SYNONYMS subsequent ADJ 1

following:We went to dinner the following Monday evening.

next:I got up early the next morning.

ensuing:The ensuing argument had been bitter.

later:At a later news conference, he said differences should not be dramatized.

sub|ser|vi|ent /səbsɜː ^r viənt/

1 ADJ If you are subservient , you do whatever someone wants you to do. □ [+ to ] She is expected to be subservient to her uncle. ●  sub|ser|vi|ence /səbsɜː ^r viəns/ N‑UNCOUNT □ [+ to ] …an austere regime stressing obedience and subservience to authority.

2 ADJ If you treat one thing as subservient to another, you treat it as less important than the other thing. □ [+ to ] The woman's needs are seen as subservient to the group interest.

sub|set /sʌ bset/ (subsets ) N‑COUNT A subset of a group of things is a smaller number of things that belong together within that group. □ [+ of ] …subsets of the population such as men, women, ethnic groups, etc.

sub|side /səbsa I d/ (subsides , subsiding , subsided )

1 VERB If a feeling or noise subsides , it becomes less strong or loud. □ [V ] The pain had subsided during the night.

2 VERB If fighting subsides , it becomes less intense or general. □ [V ] Violence has subsided following two days of riots.

3 VERB If the ground or a building is subsiding , it is very slowly sinking to a lower level. □ [V ] Does that mean the whole house is subsiding?

4 VERB If a level of water, especially flood water, subsides , it goes down. □ [V ] Local officials say the flood waters have subsided.

sub|sid|ence /səbsa I d ^ə ns, sʌ bs I d ^ə ns/ N‑UNCOUNT When there is subsidence in a place, the ground there sinks to a lower level.

sub|sid|iari|ty /səbs I diæ r I ti/ N‑UNCOUNT Subsidiarity is the principle of allowing the individual members of a large organization to make decisions on issues that affect them, rather than leaving those decisions to be made by the whole group. [TECHNICAL ] □  The chancellor knows that the principle of subsidiarity must be guaranteed and shown to work.

sub|sidi|ary /səbs I diəri, [AM ] -dieri/ (subsidiaries )

1 N‑COUNT [N n] A subsidiary or a subsidiary company is a company which is part of a larger and more important company. [BUSINESS ] □ [+ of ] Offshore banks are often formed as a subsidiary of an international bank.

2 ADJ If something is subsidiary , it is less important than something else with which it is connected. □  The economics ministry has increasingly played a subsidiary role to the finance ministry.