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subordinate

/səˈbɔɹdɪnət/

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What does subordinate mean?

adjective

  1. Placed in a lower class, rank, or position.
  2. Submissive or inferior to, or controlled by authority.
  3. dependent on and either modifying or complementing the main clause
More meanings (6)

adjective

  1. Descending in a regular series.

noun

  1. One who is subordinate.
  2. A hyponym.

verb

  1. To embed (a clause) into another clause that is the main one.
  2. To make of lower priority in order of payment in bankruptcy.
  3. To treat (someone) as of less value or importance.

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IPA pronunciation

/səˈbɔɹdɪnət/

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Other dictionary pronunciations

/səˈbɔɹdɪneɪt/
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Instead of that, they halted at the literal meaning of the laws, content to play the subordinate part of commentators and scholiasts.
P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph) ProudhonWhat is Property? An Inquiry into the Principle of Right and of GovernmentProject Gutenberg ebook #360
But it is a great mistake to regard these values as ultimate ends to which the concrete satisfactions of experience are subordinate.
John DeweyDemocracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of EducationProject Gutenberg ebook #852
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Another who has shown himself apathetic and indifferent in a subordinate position may suddenly wake up when cast upon his own responsibility.
Walter Dill ScottIncreasing Human Efficiency in Business A Contribution to the Psychology of BusinessProject Gutenberg ebook #1319
A circle soon formed round Speránski, and the old man who had talked about his subordinate Pryánichnikov addressed a question to him.
Leo, graf TolstoyWar and PeaceTranslated by Aylmer Maude; Louise MaudeProject Gutenberg ebook #2600
To play logically means to subordinate all combinations to a leading plan of campaign, but there is difficulty in finding the latter.
Edward LaskerChess StrategyTranslated by J. (Jules) Du MontProject Gutenberg ebook #5614