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subordinate

English

🔊 lower in rank or importance
🔊 subject or submissive to authority or the control of another
“a subordinate kingdom”
🔊 (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”
🔊 an assistant subject to the authority or control of another
🔊 a word that is more specific than a given word
🔊 make subordinate, dependent, or subservient
“Our wishes have to be subordinated to that of our ruler”
🔊 rank or order as less important or consider of less value
“Art is sometimes subordinated to Science in these schools”