subordinate

[Sub*or·di*nate]

Subordinate means putting one thing below another––a subordinate is someone who works for someone else, and to subordinate means to place or rank one thing below another. "We subordinate our desire for popcorn to our desire to keep watching the movie."

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Placed in a lower order, class, or rank; holding a lower or inferior position.

Noun
a word that is more specific than a given word

Noun
an assistant subject to the authority or control of another

Verb
make subordinate, dependent, or subservient; "Our wishes have to be subordinated to that of our ruler"

Verb
rank or order as less important or consider of less value; "Art is sometimes subordinated to Science in these schools"

Adjective
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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Adjective
lower in rank or importance

Adjective S.
inferior in rank or status; "the junior faculty"; "a lowly corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate functionary"

Adjective
subject or submissive to authority or the control of another; "a subordinate kingdom"


a.
Placed in a lower order, class, or rank; holding a lower or inferior position.

a.
Inferior in order, nature, dignity, power, importance, or the like.

n.
One who stands in order or rank below another; -- distinguished from a principal.

v. t.
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.

v. t.
To make subject; to subject or subdue; as, to subordinate the passions to reason.


Subordinate

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.
2. Inferior in order, nature, dignity, power, importance, or the like.
It was subordinate, not enslaved, to the understanding.

Subordinate

Sub*or"di*nate, n. One who stands in order or rank below another; -- distinguished from a principal. Milton.

Subordinate

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.

Placed in a lower order, class, or rank; holding a lower or inferior position.

One who stands in order or rank below another; -- distinguished from a principal.

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.

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Usage Examples

The President regards the Japanese as a brave people but courage, though useful in time of war, is subordinate to knowledge of arts hence, courage without such knowledge is not to be highly esteemed.

For good or for ill, air mastery is today the supreme expression of military power and fleets and armies, however vital and important, must accept a subordinate rank.

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Other Usage Examples

All the idols made by man, however terrifying they may be, are in point of fact subordinate to him, and that is why he will always have it in his power to destroy them.

I always felt sorry for the sidekick as a kid. They never got their due and it left a very bad taste in the mouth - they are defined by a subordinate relationship to someone else. I always felt like a bit of sidekick when I was a kid and it didn't feel fair.

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