subordinate
8 11 2009Nouns
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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