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subordinate
[ adjective noun suh-bawr-dn-it; verb suh-bawr-dn-eyt ]
adjective
- placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
- of less importance; secondary.
Synonyms:
Antonyms: ,
- subject to or under the authority of a superior.
- subservient or inferior.
- Grammar.
- acting as a modifier, as when I finished, which is subordinate to They were glad in They were glad when I finished.
- noting or pertaining to a subordinating conjunction.
- Obsolete. submissive.
noun
- a subordinate person or thing.
Synonyms:
verb (used with object)
- to place in a lower order or rank.
Synonyms: ,
- to make secondary (usually followed by to ):
to subordinate work to pleasure.
- to make subject, subservient, or dependent (usually followed by to ):
to subordinate passion to reason.
subordinate
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
Derived Forms
- ܲˈǰ徱Բپ, adjective
- ܲˈǰ徱Բٱ, adverb
- ܲˌǰ徱ˈԲپDz, noun
Other yvlog Forms
- ܲ·ǰd·Բٱ· adverb
- ܲ·ǰd·Բٱ·Ա noun
- ܲ·ǰd·ԲtDz ܲ·ǰ·徱·Բ· [s, uh, -, bawr, -dn-, uh, -see], noun
- ܲ·ǰ·徱·Բ·پ [s, uh, -, bawr, -dn-ey-tiv, -, bawr, -dn-, uh, -], adjective
- ԴDzȴܲ·ǰd·Բٱ adjective
- ԴDzȴܲ·ǰd·ԲiԲ adjective
- ȴܲ·ǰd·Բٱ verb (used with object) presubordinated presubordinating
- -ܲ·ǰd·ԲiԲ adjective
- ܲȴܲ·ǰd·Բٱ adjective
- ܲȴܲ·ǰd·Բt adjective
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of subordinate1
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of subordinate1
Example Sentences
First, as important as legal protections have been to organizing, law has proved to be a subordinate factor in union growth or decline.
McDonnell informed Rhodes through a subordinate that her services would no longer be needed, according to multiple department sources who requested anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss personnel changes.
He's described as being "a deceptively bland middle-aged man... trusted and respected by his subordinates and colleagues... who occasionally clashes with the intelligence bureaucracy and sometimes feels that professional duty compromises his personal honour".
A senior official at the Federal Emergency Management Agency also directed subordinates to freeze a vast assortment of grants on Monday, even after the ruling in Rhode Island.
Under current case law, however, public officials cannot condition their subordinates’ employment on their politics.
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