1. Adjective
Placed in a lower order, class, or rank; holding a lower or inferior position.
2. Adjective
Inferior in order, nature, dignity, power, importance, or the like.
3. Noun
One who stands in order or rank below another; -- distinguished from a principal.
4. Verb
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.
5. Verb
To make subject; to subject or subdue; as, to subordinate the passions to reason.
6. 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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7. Noun
a word that is more specific than a given word
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8. Verb
make subordinate, dependent, or subservient; "Our wishes have to be subordinated to that of our ruler"
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