| sub | (verb) be a substitute | Synonyms: fill in, stand in, substitute |
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| subcontract | (verb) work under a subcontract; engage in a subcontract | - |
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| (verb) arranged for contracted work to be done by others | Synonyms: farm out, job |
| subdivide | (verb) divide into smaller and smaller pieces | - |
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| (verb) form into subdivisions | - |
| subdue | (verb) correct by punishment or discipline | Synonyms: chasten, tame |
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| (verb) bring under control by force or authority | Synonyms: conquer, stamp down, suppress |
| (verb) make subordinate, dependent, or subservient | Synonyms: subordinate |
| (verb) get on top of; deal with successfully | Synonyms: get over, master, overcome, surmount |
| (verb) hold within limits and control | Synonyms: crucify, mortify |
| (verb) put down by force or intimidation | Synonyms: keep down, quash, reduce, repress, subjugate |
| subedit | (verb) edit and correct (written or printed material) | Synonyms: copyedit, copyread |
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| subject | (verb) make accountable for | - |
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| (verb) cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to | - |
| (verb) make subservient; force to submit or subdue | Synonyms: subjugate |
| subjoin | (verb) add to the end | - |
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| subjugate | (verb) make subservient; force to submit or subdue | Synonyms: subject |
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| (verb) put down by force or intimidation | Synonyms: keep down, quash, reduce, repress, subdue |
| sublease | (verb) lease or rent all or part of (a leased or rented property) to another person | Synonyms: sublet |
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| sublet | (verb) lease or rent all or part of (a leased or rented property) to another person | Synonyms: sublease |
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| sublimate | (verb) vaporize and then condense right back again | Synonyms: sublime |
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| (verb) remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation | Synonyms: distil, distill, make pure, purify |
| (verb) make more subtle or refined | Synonyms: rarefy, subtilize |
| (verb) change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapor without first melting | Synonyms: sublime |
| (verb) direct energy or urges into useful activities | - |
| sublime | (verb) vaporize and then condense right back again | Synonyms: sublimate |
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| (verb) change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapor without first melting | Synonyms: sublimate |
| subluxate | (verb) sprain or dislocate slightly | - |
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| submarine | (verb) attack by submarine | - |
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| (verb) bring down with a blow to the legs | - |
| (verb) throw with an underhand motion | - |
| (verb) control a submarine | - |
| (verb) move forward or under in a sliding motion | - |
| submerge | (verb) fill or cover completely, usually with water | Synonyms: deluge, inundate |
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| (verb) cover completely or make imperceptible | Synonyms: drown, overwhelm |
| (verb) put under water | Synonyms: submerse |
| (verb) sink below the surface; go under or as if under water | Synonyms: submerse |
| submerse | (verb) put under water | Synonyms: submerge |
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| (verb) sink below the surface; go under or as if under water | Synonyms: submerge |
| submit | (verb) accept as inevitable | Synonyms: reconcile, resign |
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| (verb) accept or undergo, often unwillingly | Synonyms: take |
| (verb) put before | Synonyms: posit, put forward, state |
| (verb) refer for judgment or consideration | - |
| (verb) yield to another's wish or opinion | Synonyms: accede, bow, defer, give in |
| (verb) yield to the control of another | - |
| (verb) make an application as for a job or funding | Synonyms: put in |
| (verb) hand over formally | Synonyms: present |
| (verb) make over as a return | Synonyms: render |
| (verb) refer to another person for decision or judgment | Synonyms: pass on, relegate |
| subordinate | (verb) make subordinate, dependent, or subservient | Synonyms: subdue |
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| (verb) rank or order as less important or consider of less value | - |
| suborn | (verb) induce to commit perjury or give false testimony | - |
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| (verb) procure (false testimony or perjury) | - |
| (verb) incite to commit a crime or an evil deed | - |
| subpoena | (verb) serve or summon with a subpoena | - |
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| subrogate | (verb) substitute one creditor for another, as in the case where an insurance company sues the person who caused an accident for the insured | - |
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| subscribe | (verb) mark with one's signature; write one's name (on) | Synonyms: sign |
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| (verb) adopt as a belief | Synonyms: support |
| (verb) receive or obtain regularly | Synonyms: subscribe to, take |
| (verb) offer to buy, as of stocks and shares | - |
| (verb) pay (an amount of money) as a contribution to a charity or service, especially at regular intervals | Synonyms: pledge |
| subserve | (verb) be helpful or useful | - |
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| subside | (verb) wear off or die down | Synonyms: lessen |
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| (verb) sink down or precipitate | Synonyms: settle |
| (verb) sink to a lower level or form a depression | - |
| (verb) descend into or as if into some soft substance or place | Synonyms: sink |
| subsidise | (verb) support through subsidies | Synonyms: subsidize |
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| (verb) secure the assistance of by granting a subsidy, as of nations or military forces | Synonyms: subsidize |
| subsidize | (verb) support through subsidies | Synonyms: subsidise |
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| (verb) secure the assistance of by granting a subsidy, as of nations or military forces | Synonyms: subsidise |
| subsist | (verb) support oneself | Synonyms: exist, live, survive |
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| substantiate | (verb) solidify, firm, or strengthen | - |
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| (verb) establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts | Synonyms: affirm, confirm, corroborate, support, sustain |
| (verb) make real or concrete; give reality or substance to | Synonyms: actualise, actualize, realise, realize |
| (verb) represent in bodily form | Synonyms: body forth, embody, incarnate |
| substitute | (verb) put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items | Synonyms: exchange, interchange, replace |
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| (verb) be a substitute | Synonyms: fill in, stand in, sub |
| (verb) act as a substitute | Synonyms: deputise, deputize, step in |
| subsume | (verb) consider (an instance of something) as part of a general rule or principle | Synonyms: colligate |
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| (verb) contain or include | - |
| subtend | (verb) be opposite to; of angles and sides, in geometry | Synonyms: delimit |
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| subtilise | (verb) make (senses) more keen | Synonyms: subtilize |
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| subtilize | (verb) make more subtle or refined | Synonyms: rarefy, sublimate |
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| (verb) make (senses) more keen | Synonyms: subtilise |
| (verb) mark fine distinctions and subtleties, as among words | - |
| subtitle | (verb) supply (a movie) with subtitles | - |
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| subtract | (verb) take off or away | - |
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| (verb) make a subtraction | Synonyms: deduct, take off |
| suburbanise | (verb) make suburban in character | Synonyms: suburbanize |
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| (verb) take on suburban character | Synonyms: suburbanize |
| suburbanize | (verb) make suburban in character | Synonyms: suburbanise |
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| (verb) take on suburban character | Synonyms: suburbanise |
| subvent | (verb) guarantee financial support of | Synonyms: subvention, underwrite |
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| subvention | (verb) guarantee financial support of | Synonyms: subvent, underwrite |
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| subvert | (verb) to raze to the ground, also figuratively | - |
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| (verb) cause the downfall of; of rulers | Synonyms: bring down, overthrow, overturn |
| (verb) destroy property or hinder normal operations | Synonyms: counteract, countermine, sabotage, undermine, weaken |
| (verb) corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality | Synonyms: corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, misdirect, pervert, profane, vitiate |
| subvocalise | (verb) articulate without making audible sounds | Synonyms: subvocalize |
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| subvocalize | (verb) articulate without making audible sounds | Synonyms: subvocalise |
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