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sub·scrip·tion
 subscription
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- pronunciation:
- s
 b
skrIp
shn
- features:
- Word Parts
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
an agreement to pay for a magazine, newspaper, or tickets to a series of events.
I am buying a subscription to see plays this summer at our town's theater. |
| derivation: |
subscriptive (adj.) |
The word subscription
contains the following parts:
sub-
Latin
prefix
that means under, after
  More about this word part:
The prefix sub-
was a Latin preposition and prefix and occurs in English in Latin loanwords, such as subjugate. It is also used in the formation of English words such as subway
and subgroup. It has multiple forms, as the 'b' sound in sub-
assimilates to the initial sound of the base to which it is attached. See the assimilated forms suc-, suf-, sum-, sup-, sur-, sus-, and su-.
Example words:
- synonyms:
- hyp-, hypo-, under-
- antonyms:
- super-, supra-, hyper-
scrib, script
Latin
root
that means to write
Example words:
describe, description, descriptive, inscribe, manuscript, postscript, prescribe, prescription, scribble, scribe1, script, Scripture, subscribe, subscription
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