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   sub·or·di·nate

   adjective

   • 1. lower in rank or position: "his subordinate officers" Similar lower-rankingjuniorlowerlesserinferiorlowlyminorsupportingsecond-fiddleOpposite superiorsenior
   • ▪ of less or secondary importance: "in adventure stories, character must be subordinate to action" Similar secondarylesserminorsubsidiarysubservientancillaryauxiliaryattendantperipheralmarginalof little account/importancesecond-classsecond-ratesecond-fiddlesupplementaryaccessoryadditionalextraOpposite centralmajorchief

   noun

   • 1. a person under the authority or control of another within an organization: "he was mild-mannered, especially with his subordinates"

   verb

   • 1. treat or regard as of lesser importance than something else: "practical considerations were subordinated to political expediency"
   • ▪ make subservient to or dependent on something else: "to define life would be to subordinate it to reason"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from medieval Latin subordinatus ‘placed in an inferior rank’, from Latin sub- ‘below’ + ordinare ‘ordain’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. subordinately adverb
   • 2. subordinative adjective

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   Learn the meaning of subordinate as an adjective, noun, and verb, with synonyms, examples, and word history. Subordinate can mean inferior, submissive, or relating to a clause that functions as a noun, adjective, or adverb.

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   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. Discover More.

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   A subordinate is someone who works for someone else. As a verb, to subordinate means to place or rank one thing below another. When you're doing a group project, sometimes you have to subordinate your ideas to the desires of the larger group.

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   subordination (səbɔːʳdɪneɪʃən ) uncountable noun. ...the social subordination of women. [ + of] They want to end the country's subordination to foreign economic interests. [ Also + to] Synonyms: inferiority, servitude, subjection, inferior or secondary status More Synonyms of subordinate. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.

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   Definition of subordinate noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.