subordinate

8 11 2009

Nouns
1. (n.) foot soldier, subordinate, subsidiary, underling;
  - an assistant subject to the authority or control of another;

2. (n.) hyponym, subordinate, subordinate word;
  - a word that is more specific than a given word;

Verbs
1. (verb) subordinate;
  - rank or order as less important or consider of less value;
  - “Art is sometimes subordinated to Science in these schools”;

2. (verb) subdue, subordinate;
  - make subordinate, dependent, or subservient;
  - “Our wishes have to be subordinated to that of our ruler”;

Adjectives
1. (adj.) low-level, subordinate;
  - lower in rank or importance;

2. (adj.) subordinate;
  - subject or submissive to authority or the control of another;
  - “a subordinate kingdom”;

3. (adj.) dependent, subordinate;
  - (of a clause) unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence;
  - “a subordinate (or dependent) clause functions as a noun or adjective or adverb within a sentence”;

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