subordinate
English Dictionary
->
Letter S
-> subordinate
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subordinate Definition
(a)
lower
in
rank
or
importance
(a)
subject
or
submissive
to
authority
or
the
control
of
another
; "
a
subordinate
kingdom
"
(a)
of
a
clause
;
unable
to
stand
alone
syntactically
as
a
complete
sentence
; "
a
subordinate
(
or
dependent
)
clause
functions
as
a
noun
or
adjective
or
adverb
within
a
sentence
"
(n)
an
assistant
subject
to
the
authority
or
control
of
another
(n)
a
word
that
is
more
specific
than
a
given
word
(s)
inferior
in
rank
or
status
; "
the
junior
faculty
"; "
a
lowly
corporal
"; "
petty
officialdom
"; "
a
subordinate
functionary
"
(v)
rank
or
order
as
less
important
or
consider
of
less
value
; "
Art
is
sometimes
subordinated
to
Science
in
these
schools
"
(v)
make
subordinate
,
dependent
,
or
subservient
; "
Our
wishes
have
to
be
subordinated
to
that
of
our
ruler
"
subordinate Synonyms
dependent
foot soldier
hyponym
inferior
junior-grade
low-level
lower
lower-ranking
lowly
petty(a)
secondary
subaltern
subdue
subordinate
subordinate word
subsidiary
underling
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