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subordinate
[suh-bawr-dn-it, suh-bawr-dn-eyt]
adjective
placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
of less importance; secondary.
Synonyms:Antonyms: ,subject to or under the authority of a superior.
subservient or inferior.
Grammar.
acting as a modifier, as when I finished, which is subordinate to They were glad in They were glad when I finished.
noting or pertaining to a subordinating conjunction.
Obsolete.submissive.
noun
a subordinate person or thing.
Synonyms:
verb (used with object)
to place in a lower order or rank.
Synonyms: ,to make secondary (usually followed byto ).
to subordinate work to pleasure.
to make subject, subservient, or dependent (usually followed byto ).
to subordinate passion to reason.
subordinate
adjective
of lesser order or importance
under the authority or control of another
a subordinate functionary
noun
a person or thing that is subordinate
verb
to put in a lower rank or position (than)
to make subservient
to subordinate mind to heart
Other Word Forms
- subordinately adverb
- subordinateness noun
- subordination noun
- subordinacy noun
- subordinative adjective
- nonsubordinate adjective
- nonsubordinating adjective
- presubordinate verb (used with object)
- self-subordinating adjective
- unsubordinate adjective
- unsubordinative adjective
- ܲˈǰ徱Բپ adjective
- ܲˈǰ徱Բٱ adverb
- ܲˌǰ徱ˈԲپDz noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of subordinate1
Word History and Origins
Origin of subordinate1
Example Sentences
That alone makes it difficult to imagine Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei authorizing his subordinates to continue discussions with the Americans.
The victim was described as “a subordinate employee” in a notice published by the Justice Department’s Office of the Inspector General last month.
Most of the people who serve as administrative or elected Democrats consider social movements subordinate to their electoral work.
In return, Trump and his subordinates are using every lever at their disposal to make the university pay the steep price for doing so.
This statement follows reports in the Sun that Adm Key was suspected of having an affair with a subordinate.
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