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Grammar : Adj, noun
Spell : adjective, noun suh-bawr-dn-it; verb suh-bawr-dn-eyt
Phonetic Transcription : adjective, noun səˈbɔr dn ɪt; verb səˈbɔr dnˌeɪt



Definition of subordinate

Origin :
  • mid-15c., from Medieval Latin subordinatus "placed in a lower order, made subject," past participle of subordinare "place in a lower order," from Latin sub "under" (see sub-) + ordinare "arrange" (see ordain). Related: Subordinance; subordinant.
  • adj lesser, supplementary
  • noun person that serves another
Example sentences :
  • His subordinate officers may complain that they have had no fighting.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
  • His bitterness grew, and at last he turned on his subordinate.
  • Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • So he came at last to the distant camp of his subordinate comrades.
  • Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • But in the Phaedo the doctrine of ideas is subordinate to the proof of the immortality of the soul.
  • Extract from : « Meno » by Plato
  • A subordinate Grange for example is a community organization.
  • Extract from : « The Farmer and His Community » by Dwight Sanderson
  • All other requirements must be subordinate to this—even the instructor's mastery of the language.
  • Extract from : « College Teaching » by Paul Klapper
  • Gates was still present also, but in a subordinate capacity.
  • Extract from : « The Siege of Boston » by Allen French
  • We were in a most subordinate condition, and they made us feel it.
  • Extract from : « That Boy Of Norcott's » by Charles James Lever
  • He was the son of one of the subordinate officers of the Tower.
  • Extract from : « Queen Elizabeth » by Jacob Abbott
  • I am not sure that some of my subordinate characters were not drawn from life.
  • Extract from : « Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II (of II) » by Edmund Downey

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