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   subordinate

   adjective

   • 1. lower in rank or position: "his subordinate officers" Similar lower-rankingjuniorlowerlesserinferiorlowlyminorsupportingsecond-fiddleOpposite superiorsenior
   • ▪ of less or secondary importance: "in adventure stories, character must be subordinate to action" Similar secondarylesserminorsubsidiarysubservientancillaryauxiliaryattendantperipheralmarginalof little account/importancesecond-classsecond-ratesecond-fiddlesupplementaryaccessoryadditionalextraOpposite centralmajorchief

   noun

   • 1. a person under the authority or control of another within an organization: "he was mild-mannered, especially with his subordinates"

   verb

   • 1. treat or regard as of lesser importance than something else: "practical considerations were subordinated to political expediency"
   • ▪ make subservient to or dependent on something else: "to define life would be to subordinate it to reason"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from medieval Latin subordinatus ‘placed in an inferior rank’, from Latin sub- ‘below’ + ordinare ‘ordain’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. subordinately adverb
   • 2. subordinative adjective

   Scrabble Points: 14

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishSUBORDINATE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   • English (US)

     a person who has a less important position than you in an...

   • Portuguese Translation

     SUBORDINATE translate: subalterno, subordinado, subordinado,...

   • Subordinate in Arabic

     SUBORDINATE translate: تابِع, مَرؤوس. Learn more in the...

   • Traditional

     SUBORDINATE translate: 從屬的，下級的;次要的, 下屬，下級, 下義詞,...

   • Suborbital

     SUBORBITAL definition: 1. relating to the movement of an...

   • Subordinate in Spanish

     SUBORDINATE translate: subordinado, subordinado,...

   • Translate English to French

     subordinate translate: subordonné (à), subordonné/-e. Learn...

   • Subordinate in German

     subordinate translate: untergeordnet, der/die Untergebene....

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   Subordinate definition: placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.. See examples of SUBORDINATE used in a sentence.

6. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › subordinateSubordinate - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

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   A subordinate is someone who works for someone else. As a verb, to subordinate means to place or rank one thing below another. When you're doing a group project, sometimes you have to subordinate your ideas to the desires of the larger group.

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