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substruction

sub·struc·tion
S s

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [suhb-struhk-shuh n]
    • /sʌbˈstrʌk ʃən/
    • /ˈsʌb.ˌstrʌk.ʃən/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [suhb-struhk-shuh n]
    • /sʌbˈstrʌk ʃən/

Definitions of substruction word

  • noun substruction a foundation or substructure. 1
  • noun substruction the act or process of substructing 0
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Origin of substruction

First appearance:

before 1615
One of the 41% oldest English words
1615-25; < Latin substructiōn- (stem of substructiō) foundation, equivalent to substruct(us), past participle of substruere to lay a foundation (sub- sub- + struc-, variant stem of struere to arrange, put in order + -tus past participle suffix) + -iōn- -ion

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Parts of speech for Substruction

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Substruction

substruction popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 39% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

substruction usage trend in Literature

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