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subordinate
/səˈbɔɹdɪnət/
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What does subordinate mean?
adjective
- Placed in a lower class, rank, or position.
- Submissive or inferior to, or controlled by authority.
- dependent on and either modifying or complementing the main clause
More meanings (6)
adjective
- Descending in a regular series.
noun
- One who is subordinate.
- A hyponym.
verb
- To embed (a clause) into another clause that is the main one.
- To make of lower priority in order of payment in bankruptcy.
- To treat (someone) as of less value or importance.
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IPA pronunciation
/səˈbɔɹdɪnət/
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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.
But it is a great mistake to regard these values as ultimate ends to which the concrete satisfactions of experience are subordinate.
More book examples (3)
Another who has shown himself apathetic and indifferent in a subordinate position may suddenly wake up when cast upon his own responsibility.
A circle soon formed round Speránski, and the old man who had talked about his subordinate Pryánichnikov addressed a question to him.
To play logically means to subordinate all combinations to a leading plan of campaign, but there is difficulty in finding the latter.