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Meaning of 'subordinate' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Subordinate [ a.]
- Placed in a lower order, class, or rank; holding a lower or inferior position.
- Inferior in order, nature, dignity, power, importance, or the like.
2 . Subordinate [ n.]
- One who stands in order or rank below another; -- distinguished from a principal.
3 . Subordinate [ v. t.]
- To place in a lower order or class; to make or consider as of less value or importance; as, to subordinate one creature to another.
- To make subject; to subject or subdue; as, to subordinate the passions to reason.

Meaning of 'subordinate' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . subordinate [ v]
Meaning (1):
- rank or order as less important or consider of less value
Example in sentence:
  • Art is sometimes subordinated to Science in these schools
Meaning (2):
- make subordinate, dependent, or subservient
Example in sentence:
  • Our wishes have to be subordinated to that of our ruler
3 . subordinate [ a]
Meaning (3):
- (of a clause) unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence
Example in sentence:
  • a subordinate (or dependent) clause functions as a noun or adjective or adverb within a sentence
Meaning (4):
- subject or submissive to authority or the control of another
Example in sentence:
  • a subordinate kingdom

Nearby Words:

sub sub judice sub- sub-base sub-bass subacid subacrid subacromial subact subaction

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