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subdefinitions

subdefinitions is the plural of subdefinition.

Meaning of subdefinition

Noun

subdefinition (plural subdefinitions)

  1. A lesser or secondary definition.
    • 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...2018, James Lambert, “Setting the Record Straight: An In-depth Examination of Hobson-Jobson”, in International Journal of Lexicography, volume 31, number 4, →DOI, page 486

Questions about subdefinitions

What is subdefinitions the plural of?
Subdefinitions is the plural of subdefinition.

Words near subdefinitions in the dictionary

  1. subdecks
  2. subdecumbent
  3. subdecuple
  4. subdecurrent
  5. subdefinition
  6. subdefinitions
  7. subdeflected
  8. subdegree
  9. subdeities
  10. subdeity
  11. subdelegate

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