Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

subdefinition

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sub-def-i-ni-tion
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A lesser or secondary definition.

Example Sentences

"In the four-volume supplement to the Oxford English Dictionary (hereafter, OED), its editor, Burchfield, supplied a separate subdefinition stating that Hobson-Jobson was ‘[u]sed as the title of a famous collection of Anglo-Indian words’ [...] Thus, along with the Bible and the Koran, Hobson-Jobson, the book, has been elevated to the special status of being defined in the OED."

Etymology

From sub- + definition.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: sub

Inflected Forms

subdefinitions (plural)

Questions

What does subdefinition mean?: A lesser or secondary definition.
Where does subdefinition come from?: From sub- + definition.

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