subordinate
- (a) lower in rank or importance low-level,
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(a) subject or submissive to authority or the control of another
- a subordinate kingdom
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(a) (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
Nouns
- (n) an assistant subject to the authority or control of another subsidiary, underling, foot soldier,
- (n) a word that is more specific than a given word hyponym, subordinate word,
Verbs
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(v) rank or order as less important or consider of less value
- Art is sometimes subordinated to Science in these schools
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(v) make subordinate, dependent, or subservient
- Our wishes have to be subordinated to that of our ruler