Explore Subduct through 3 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Subduct meaning
- To push under or below.
- To move downwards underneath something.
- To remove; to deduct; to take away; to disregard.
Using Subduct
- The main meaning on this page is: To push under or below. | To move downwards underneath something. | To remove; to deduct; to take away; to disregard.
- In the example corpus, subduct often appears in combinations such as: to subduct.
Context around Subduct
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 3 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Subduct
- In this selection, "subduct" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, beneath and water stand out and add context to how "subduct" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include case to subduct water through and used to subduct beneath north. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "subduct" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aacl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with subduct
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Hence it is difficult in this case to subduct water through the thermohaline circulation. (14 words)
The Kula Plate is an ancient tectonic plate that used to subduct under Alaska during the Triassic period. (18 words)
The North American plate and Juan de Fuca plate, a small remnant of a much larger tectonic plate that used to subduct beneath North America, meet at the Cascadia subduction zone, which extends from the coast of northern California well into Canada. (42 words)
The North American plate and Juan de Fuca plate, a small remnant of a much larger tectonic plate that used to subduct beneath North America, meet at the Cascadia subduction zone, which extends from the coast of northern California well into Canada. (42 words)
The Kula Plate is an ancient tectonic plate that used to subduct under Alaska during the Triassic period. (18 words)
Hence it is difficult in this case to subduct water through the thermohaline circulation. (14 words)
Example sentences (3)
The North American plate and Juan de Fuca plate, a small remnant of a much larger tectonic plate that used to subduct beneath North America, meet at the Cascadia subduction zone, which extends from the coast of northern California well into Canada.
Hence it is difficult in this case to subduct water through the thermohaline circulation.
The Kula Plate is an ancient tectonic plate that used to subduct under Alaska during the Triassic period.
Common combinations with subduct
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to subduct 3×