About The Word Subordinate
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Subordinate
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What's The Definition Of Subordinate?
[n] a word that is more specific than a given word
[n] someone subject to the authority or control of another [adj] (grammar) 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" [adj] lower in rank or importance [adj] inferior in rank or status; "the junior faculty"; "a lowly corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate functionary" [adj] subject or submissive to authority or the control of another; "a subordinate kingdom" [v] make subordinate, dependent, or subservient; "Our wishes have to be subordinated to that of our ruler" [v] rank or order as less important or consider of less value; "Art is sometimes subordinated to Science in these schools" Synonyms | Synonyms for Subordinate: adjunct | assistant | associate(a) | buck | dependent | deputy(a) | hyponym | junior | junior-grade | lower | lower-ranking | low-level | lowly | petty(a) | proxy(a) | ruled | secondary | subaltern | subdue | subject | submissive | subordinate word | subservient | subsidiary | under(a) | underling Related Terms | Find terms related to Subordinate: See Also | follower | grade | inferior | lour | lower | man | order | outclass | place | range | rank | rate | subordinate | word Subordinate In Webster's Dictionary \Sub*or"di*nate\, a. [Pref. sub + L. ordinatus, p.
p. of ordinare to set in order, to arrange. See {Ordain}.]
1. Placed in a lower order, class, or rank; holding a lower
or inferior position.
The several kinds and subordinate species of each
are easily distinguished. --Woodward.
2. Inferior in order, nature, dignity, power, importance, or
the like.
It was subordinate, not enslaved, to the
understanding. --South.
\Sub*or"di*nate\, n. One who stands in order or rank below another; -- distinguished from a principal. --Milton. \Sub*or"di*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Subordinated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Subordinating}.] 1. 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. 2. To make subject; to subject or subdue; as, to subordinate the passions to reason. -- {Sub*or"di*nate*ly}, adv. -- {Sub*or"di*nate*ness}, n. |
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