Definitions for subordinate

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subordinate sub·or·di·nate

Spelling: [adjective, noun suh-bawr-dn-it; verb s Subordinate is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 2398 anagrams from letters in subordinate (abdeinorstu).

Definitions for subordinate

adjective

1. placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
2. of less importance; secondary.
3. subject to or under the authority of a superior.
4. subservient or inferior.
5. subject; dependent.
6. Grammar. acting as a modifier, as when I finished, which is subordinate to They were glad in They were glad when I finished. noting or pertaining to a subordinating conjunction.
7. Obsolete. submissive.

noun

1. a subordinate person or thing.

verb (used with object)

1. to place in a lower order or rank.
2. to make secondary (usually followed by to):
3. to make subject, subservient, or dependent (usually followed by to):

Origin of subordinate

1425-75; late Middle English (adj.) Medieval Latin subōrdinātus past participle of subōrdināre to subordinate, equivalent to Latin sub- sub- + ōrdin- (stem of ōrdō) ra

Examples for subordinate

But in the Phaedo the doctrine of ideas is subordinate to the proof of the immortality of the soul.

His bitterness grew, and at last he turned on his subordinate.

He had control over even the smallest detail and most likely would have told his subordinate what to do.

So he came at last to the distant camp of his subordinate comrades.

That is where the subordinate gangs like Big Hazard come in.

Tech PR firm OpenCommunications was hit with claims that its CEO made unwelcome advances toward a subordinate.

Indeed, the committee is composed of pastors who are subordinate to Driscoll and were not elected by their fellow pastors.

The individual, even if royal, was subordinate to a larger group.

A subordinate Grange for example is a community organization.

His subordinate officers may complain that they have had no fighting.