subordinate
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English subordinat, from Medieval Latin subōrdinātus, past participle of subōrdināre, from sub- ōrdināre (“to order”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- Adjective and Noun
- (UK) enPR: sə-bôʹdĭn-ət, IPA(key): /səˈbɔːdɪnət/
- (US) enPR: sə-bôrʹdĭn-ət, IPA(key): /səˈbɔɹdɪnət/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /səˈboːdɪnət/
- Verb
- (UK) enPR: sə-bôʹdĭn-āt, IPA(key): /səˈbɔːdɪneɪt/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (US) enPR: sə-bôrʹdĭn-āt, IPA(key): /səˈbɔɹdɪneɪt/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /səˈboːdɪnæɪt/
Adjective
[edit]subordinate (comparative more subordinate, superlative most subordinate)
- Placed in a lower class, rank, or position.
- 1695, John Woodward, “(please specify the page)”, in An Essay toward a Natural History of the Earth: And Terrestrial Bodies, Especially Minerals: […], London: […] Ric[hard] Wilkin […], →OCLC:
- The several kinds […] and subordinate species of each are easily known.
- Synonyms: lesser, subaltern
- Antonyms: superior, superordinate
- Submissive or inferior to, or controlled by authority.
- November 9, 1662, Robert South, Of the Creation of Man in the Image of God
- It was subordinate, not enslaved, to the understanding.
- Antonym: insubordinate
- November 9, 1662, Robert South, Of the Creation of Man in the Image of God
- (grammar, of a clause, not comparable) dependent on and either modifying or complementing the main clause
- In the sentence “The barbecue finished before John arrived”, the subordinate clause “before John arrived” specifies the time of the main clause, “The barbecue finished”.
- Synonym: dependent
- Antonyms: independent, main
- Descending in a regular series.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]placed in a lower class, rank, or position
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submissive to or controlled by authority
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grammar: dependent
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Noun
[edit]subordinate (plural subordinates)
- (countable) One who is subordinate.
- Synonyms: inferior, junior, report, subaltern, underling, understrapper
- Antonyms: boss, commander, leader, manager, superior, superordinate, supervisor
- A hyponym.
- Antonyms: hypernym, hyperonym, superordinate
Translations
[edit]one who is subordinate
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Verb
[edit]subordinate (third-person singular simple present subordinates, present participle subordinating, simple past and past participle subordinated)
- (transitive) To make subservient.
- (transitive) To treat as of less value or importance.
- (transitive, finance) To make of lower priority in order of payment in bankruptcy.
Translations
[edit]to make subservient
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to treat as of less value or importance
See also
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[edit]Italian
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Adjective
[edit]subordinate
Participle
[edit]subordinate f pl
Etymology 2
[edit]Verb
[edit]subordinate
- inflection of subordinare:
Latin
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /su.boːr.diˈnaː.te/, [s̠ʊboːrd̪ɪˈnäːt̪ɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /su.bor.diˈna.te/, [subord̪iˈnäːt̪e]
Verb
[edit]subōrdināte
Spanish
[edit]Verb
[edit]subordinate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of subordinar combined with te
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