SUBSTRING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does substring mean? 

• SUBSTRING (noun)
  The noun SUBSTRING has 1 sense:

1. a string that is part of a longer string

  Familiarity information: SUBSTRING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUBSTRING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A string that is part of a longer string

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("substring" is a kind of...):

string (a linear sequence (as of characters, words, proteins, etc.))