"subdefinition" meaning in All languages combined

See subdefinition on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: subdefinitions [plural]
Etymology: From sub- + definition. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|sub|definition}} sub- + definition Head templates: {{en-noun}} subdefinition (plural subdefinitions)
  1. A lesser or secondary definition.

Inflected forms

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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "ref": "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:",
          "text": "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.",
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      },
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    }
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        {
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