Subdefinition
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Subdefinition is a noun meaning A lesser or secondary definition.
Meaning
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.
Word Forms
- subdefinitions
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include subattribute, subcomponent, subhierarchy, sub-element, subdimension, subexplanation.
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