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Subordinate
səˈbɔːdɪnət
Subordinate definitions
adjective
subordinate
- lower in rank or position
"his subordinate officers"
- of less or secondary importance
"in adventure stories, character must be subordinate to action"
noun
subordinate
subordinates
- a person under the authority or control of another within an organization
"he was mild-mannered, especially with his subordinates"
verb
subordinate
subordinated
subordinates
subordinating
- 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"