Subscript — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character

written or printed below and to one side of another character

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/sˈʌbskɹɪpt/

🇬🇧British English

/sˈʌbskɹɪpt/

🇮🇳Indian English

/sˈʌbskɹɪpt/

2 syllables Say it as /sˈʌbskɹɪpt/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

inferior

Antonyms

superscript adscript

Parts of Speech

noun	a character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character
adjective	written or printed below and to one side of another character

Word Forms

subscript	adjective	written or printed below and to one side of another character
subscript	noun	a character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Index

ein Zeichen oder Symbol, das unterhalb oder leicht unterhalb und neben einem anderen Zeichen gesetzt oder gedruckt oder geschrieben wird

🇫🇷French

indice

un jeu de caractères ou de symboles ou imprimé ou écrit en dessous ou légèrement en dessous et sur le côté d'un autre caractère

🇪🇸Spanish

subíndice

un carácter o símbolo conjunto o impreso o escrito debajo o ligeramente debajo y al lado de otro carácter

🇮🇹Italian

pedice

un carattere o un simbolo impostato o stampato o scritto sotto o leggermente sotto e a lato di un altro carattere

🇳🇱Dutch

onderschrift

een teken of symbool dat is ingesteld of gedrukt of geschreven onder of iets onder en naast een ander teken

🇵🇹Portuguese

subscrito

um conjunto de caracteres ou símbolos ou impresso ou escrito abaixo ou ligeiramente abaixo e ao lado de outro caractere

🇷🇺Russian

нижний индекс

набор символов или символов, напечатанный или написанный ниже или немного ниже и сбоку от другого символа

India

🇮🇳Hindi

सबस्क्रिप्ट

एक अक्षर या प्रतीक दूसरे अक्षर के नीचे या थोड़ा नीचे और किनारे पर सेट या मुद्रित या लिखा हुआ

🇧🇩Bengali

সাবস্ক্রিপ্ট

একটি অক্ষর বা প্রতীক সেট বা মুদ্রিত বা নীচে বা সামান্য নীচে এবং অন্য অক্ষরের পাশে লেখা

🇮🇳Tamil

சந்தா

ஒரு எழுத்து அல்லது குறியீடு தொகுப்பு அல்லது அச்சிடப்பட்ட அல்லது கீழே அல்லது சற்று கீழே மற்றும் மற்றொரு எழுத்தின் பக்கமாக எழுதப்பட்டது

🇮🇳Telugu

సబ్‌స్క్రిప్ట్

ఒక అక్షరం లేదా గుర్తు సెట్ లేదా ముద్రించబడిన లేదా క్రింద లేదా కొద్దిగా దిగువన మరియు మరొక అక్షరం వైపు వ్రాయబడింది

🇮🇳Marathi

सबस्क्रिप्ट

एक वर्ण किंवा चिन्ह सेट किंवा मुद्रित किंवा खाली किंवा थोडेसे खाली आणि दुसर्या वर्णाच्या बाजूला लिहिलेले

🇮🇳Gujarati

સબસ્ક્રીપ્ટ

એક અક્ષર અથવા પ્રતીક સમૂહ અથવા છાપેલ અથવા નીચે અથવા સહેજ નીચે અને અન્ય પાત્રની બાજુમાં લખાયેલ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಚಂದಾದಾರಿಕೆ

ಒಂದು ಅಕ್ಷರ ಅಥವಾ ಚಿಹ್ನೆ ಸೆಟ್ ಅಥವಾ ಮುದ್ರಿತ ಅಥವಾ ಕೆಳಗೆ ಅಥವಾ ಸ್ವಲ್ಪ ಕೆಳಗೆ ಮತ್ತು ಇನ್ನೊಂದು ಅಕ್ಷರದ ಬದಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಬರೆಯಲಾಗಿದೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

സബ്സ്ക്രിപ്റ്റ്

ഒരു പ്രതീകം അല്ലെങ്കിൽ ചിഹ്നം സെറ്റ് അല്ലെങ്കിൽ അച്ചടിച്ചതോ എഴുതിയതോ താഴെയോ ചെറുതായി താഴെയോ മറ്റൊരു പ്രതീകത്തിൻ്റെ വശമോ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਸਬਸਕ੍ਰਿਪਟ

ਇੱਕ ਅੱਖਰ ਜਾਂ ਪ੍ਰਤੀਕ ਸੈੱਟ ਜਾਂ ਕਿਸੇ ਹੋਰ ਅੱਖਰ ਦੇ ਹੇਠਾਂ ਜਾਂ ਥੋੜ੍ਹਾ ਹੇਠਾਂ ਅਤੇ ਪਾਸੇ ਛਾਪਿਆ ਜਾਂ ਲਿਖਿਆ ਗਿਆ

🇵🇰Urdu

سبسکرپٹ

ایک کردار یا علامت سیٹ یا پرنٹ یا لکھا ہوا نیچے یا تھوڑا نیچے اور دوسرے کردار کے پہلو میں

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

下标

字符或符号集或印刷或书写在另一个字符下方或稍下方和侧面

🇯🇵Japanese

添字

別の文字の下またはわずかに下および横に設定または印刷または書かれた文字または記号

🇰🇷Korean

아래 첨자

다른 문자의 아래 또는 약간 아래 및 측면에 설정되거나 인쇄되거나 쓰여진 문자 또는 기호

🇻🇳Vietnamese

chỉ số dưới

một bộ ký tự hoặc ký hiệu hoặc được in hoặc viết bên dưới hoặc hơi bên dưới và bên cạnh một ký tự khác

🇹🇭Thai

ตัวห้อย

ชุดอักขระหรือสัญลักษณ์หรือพิมพ์หรือเขียนไว้ด้านล่างหรือด้านล่างเล็กน้อยและด้านข้างของอักขระอื่น

🇮🇩Indonesian

subskrip

kumpulan karakter atau simbol atau dicetak atau ditulis di bawah atau sedikit di bawah dan di samping karakter lain

🇲🇾Malay

subskrip

set aksara atau simbol atau dicetak atau ditulis di bawah atau sedikit di bawah dan ke sisi aksara lain

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

منخفض

مجموعة أحرف أو رموز أو مطبوعة أو مكتوبة أسفل أو أسفل أو بجانب حرف آخر

🇮🇷Persian

زیرنویس

یک کاراکتر یا نماد مجموعه یا چاپ شده یا نوشته شده در زیر یا کمی زیر و در کنار یک کاراکتر دیگر

🇹🇷Turkish

alt simge

başka bir karakterin altında veya biraz altında ve yanında yazılı veya basılmış veya yazılmış bir karakter veya sembol seti

🇮🇱Hebrew

מנוי

סט תו או סמלים או מודפס או כתוב מתחת או מעט מתחת ולצדו של תו אחר

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What is the primary definition of the word 'subscript'?

The primary meaning of 'subscript' is 'a character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character'.

Which of the following sentences uses the word 'subscript' in a grammatically correct way?

Using 'subscript' in a noun/adjective form makes the first sentence correct.

In which domain is the word 'subscript' most likely to appear as standard vocabulary?

'subscript' is a standard word used primarily in general literature and formal communications.

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