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sub·or·di·nate
(sə-bôr′dn-ĭt)adj.
1. Belonging to a lower or inferior class or rank; secondary.
2. Subject to the authority or control of another.
n.
One that is subordinate.
tr.v. (sə-bôr′dn-āt′) sub·or·di·nat·ed, sub·or·di·nat·ing, sub·or·di·nates
1. To put in a lower or inferior rank or class.
2. To make subservient; subdue.
[Middle English subordinat, from Medieval Latin subōrdinātus, past participle of subōrdināre, to put in a lower rank : Latin sub-, sub- + Latin ōrdināre, to set in order (from ōrdō, ōrdin-, order; see ar- in Indo-European roots).]
sub·or′di·nate·ly adv.
sub·or′di·nate·ness, sub·or′di·na′tion (-nā′shən) n.
sub·or′di·na′tive (-nə′tĭv) adj.
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subordinate
adj
1. of lesser order or importance
2. under the authority or control of another: a subordinate functionary.
n
a person or thing that is subordinate
vb
3. to put in a lower rank or position (than)
4. to make subservient: to subordinate mind to heart.
[C15: from Medieval Latin subordināre, from Latin sub- + ordō rank]
subˈordinately adv
subˌordiˈnation, subˈordinateness n
subˈordinative adj
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sub•or•di•nate
(adj., n. səˈbɔr dn ɪt; v. -dnˌeɪt)adj., n., v. -nat•ed, -nat•ing. adj.
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.
a. acting as a modifier in a grammatical construction, as when I finished in They were glad when I finished.
b. of or pertaining to a subordinating conjunction.
7. Obs. submissive.
n. 8. a subordinate person or thing.
v.t. 9. to place in a lower order or rank.
10. to make secondary (usu. fol. by to).
11. to make subject, subservient, or dependent (usu. fol. by to).
[1425–75; < Medieval Latin subōrdinātus, past participle of subōrdināre= Latin sub- sub- + ōrdināre to order, derivative of ōrdō, s. ōrdin- rank, order; see -ate 1]
sub•or′di•nate•ly, adv.
sub•or`di•na′tion, n.
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subordinate
Past participle: subordinated
Gerund: subordinating
| Imperative |
|---|
| subordinate |
| subordinate |
| Present |
|---|
| I subordinate |
| you subordinate |
| he/she/it subordinates |
| we subordinate |
| you subordinate |
| they subordinate |
| Preterite |
|---|
| I subordinated |
| you subordinated |
| he/she/it subordinated |
| we subordinated |
| you subordinated |
| they subordinated |
| Present Continuous |
|---|
| I am subordinating |
| you are subordinating |
| he/she/it is subordinating |
| we are subordinating |
| you are subordinating |
| they are subordinating |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have subordinated |
| you have subordinated |
| he/she/it has subordinated |
| we have subordinated |
| you have subordinated |
| they have subordinated |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was subordinating |
| you were subordinating |
| he/she/it was subordinating |
| we were subordinating |
| you were subordinating |
| they were subordinating |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had subordinated |
| you had subordinated |
| he/she/it had subordinated |
| we had subordinated |
| you had subordinated |
| they had subordinated |
| Future |
|---|
| I will subordinate |
| you will subordinate |
| he/she/it will subordinate |
| we will subordinate |
| you will subordinate |
| they will subordinate |
| Future Perfect |
|---|
| I will have subordinated |
| you will have subordinated |
| he/she/it will have subordinated |
| we will have subordinated |
| you will have subordinated |
| they will have subordinated |
| Future Continuous |
|---|
| I will be subordinating |
| you will be subordinating |
| he/she/it will be subordinating |
| we will be subordinating |
| you will be subordinating |
| they will be subordinating |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I have been subordinating |
| you have been subordinating |
| he/she/it has been subordinating |
| we have been subordinating |
| you have been subordinating |
| they have been subordinating |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I will have been subordinating |
| you will have been subordinating |
| he/she/it will have been subordinating |
| we will have been subordinating |
| you will have been subordinating |
| they will have been subordinating |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been subordinating |
| you had been subordinating |
| he/she/it had been subordinating |
| we had been subordinating |
| you had been subordinating |
| they had been subordinating |
| Conditional |
|---|
| I would subordinate |
| you would subordinate |
| he/she/it would subordinate |
| we would subordinate |
| you would subordinate |
| they would subordinate |
| Past Conditional |
|---|
| I would have subordinated |
| you would have subordinated |
| he/she/it would have subordinated |
| we would have subordinated |
| you would have subordinated |
| they would have subordinated |
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Noun 1. [画像:subordinate - an assistant subject to the authority or control of another]subordinate - an assistant subject to the authority or control of another
assistant, helper, help, supporter - a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose; "my invaluable assistant"; "they hired additional help to finish the work"
associate - a person with subordinate membership in a society, institution, or commercial enterprise; "associates in the law firm bill at a lower rate than do partners"
bottom dog - a person of low status
cog - a subordinate who performs an important but routine function; "he was a small cog in a large machine"
man - a male subordinate; "the chief stationed two men outside the building"; "he awaited word from his man in Havana"
second fiddle, second banana - someone who serves in a subordinate capacity or plays a secondary role
2. subordinate - a word that is more specific than a given word
word - a unit of language that native speakers can identify; "words are the blocks from which sentences are made"; "he hardly said ten words all morning"
Verb 1. subordinate - rank or order as less important or consider of less value; "Art is sometimes subordinated to Science in these schools"noun
grade, rate, rank, place, range, order - assign a rank or rating to; "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide"
2. subordinate - make subordinate, dependent, or subservient; "Our wishes have to be subordinated to that of our ruler"
Adj. 1. subordinate - lower in rank or importance
subordinate - subject or submissive to authority or the control of another; "a subordinate kingdom"
inferior - of or characteristic of low rank or importance
dominant - exercising influence or control; "television plays a dominant role in molding public opinion"; "the dominant partner in the marriage"
2. subordinate - subject or submissive to authority or the control of another; "a subordinate kingdom"
subordinate, low-level - lower in rank or importance
insubordinate - not submissive to authority; "a history of insubordinate behavior"; "insubordinate boys"
3. subordinate - (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"
grammar - the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics)
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subordinate
noun
adjective
1. inferior, lesser, lower, junior, subject, minor, secondary, dependent, subservient Sixty of his subordinate officers followed his example.
inferior senior, superior, higher, greater, main, central, key, essential, vital, predominant
inferior senior, superior, higher, greater, main, central, key, essential, vital, predominant
2. subsidiary, supplementary, auxiliary, ancillary It was an art in which words were subordinate to images.
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
subordinate
adjective1. Below another in standing or importance:
inferior, junior, lesser, low, lower, minor, minor-league, petty, secondary, small, subaltern, under.
Informal: smalltime.
2. In a position of subordination:
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Translations
تابِع، مَرؤوسثانَوي، تابِع
podřízenýpodžízený-ápodřídit
underordnet
alistaa
alárendelt
lægra setturundirmaîur
pavalduspavaldus asmuošalutinis sakinysžemesnio rangožemesnio rango asmuo
apakšnieks
ast küçük rütbeliküçük rütbeli kimse
subordinate
A. [səˈbɔːdnɪt] N → subordinado/a m/f
B. [səˈbɔːdnɪt] ADJ [officer, member of staff, group] → subordinado ; [role] → subordinado, secundario
to be subordinate to sb (in rank) → ser subordinado de algn
to be subordinate to sth (= secondary) → estar subordinado a algo
subordinate clause → oración f subordinada
to be subordinate to sb (in rank) → ser subordinado de algn
to be subordinate to sth (= secondary) → estar subordinado a algo
subordinate clause → oración f subordinada
C. [səˈbɔːdɪneɪt] VT → subordinar
to subordinate sth to sth → subordinar algo a algo
subordinating conjunction → conjunción f de subordinación
to subordinate sth to sth → subordinar algo a algo
subordinating conjunction → conjunción f de subordinación
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
subordinate
[səˈbɔːrdɪnət] adj
(= lower-ranking) [minister, officer] → subordonné(e)
to be subordinate to sb → être subordonné(e) à qn
to be subordinate to sb → être subordonné(e) à qn
n → subordonné(e) m/fsubordinate clause n → proposition f subordonnée
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
subordinate
adj officer → rangniedriger; rank, position, importance, role → untergeordnet ; to be subordinate to somebody/something → jdm/einer Sache untergeordnet sein; to be subordinate in importance to → weniger wichtig sein als; subordinate in rank → rangniedriger (to als)
n → Untergebene(r) mf
vt → unterordnen (→ to dat)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
subordinate
[adj, n səˈbɔːdnɪt; vb səˈbɔːdɪˌneɪt]2. n → subalterno/a, subordinato/a
3. vt to subordinate (to) → subordinare (a)
subordinating conjunction (Gram) → congiunzione f subordinativa
subordinating conjunction (Gram) → congiunzione f subordinativa
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
subordinate
(səˈboːdinət) adjective lower in rank, power, importance etc. A colonel is subordinate to a brigadier. onderhorige ثانَوي، تابِع подчинен subordinado podřízený untergeordnet underordnet κατώτερος, υποδεέστερος subordinado alam تابع قرار دادن alempiarvoinen subordonné משני अधीनस्त, अवर, मातहत, गौण, अप्रधान podređen, potčinjen alsóbbrendű lebih rendah lægra settur subordinato 下位の 아래의 pavaldus, žemesnio rango pakļauts lebih rendah ondergeschikt underordnet; bi- podległy تابع کول subordinado subordonat подчинённый podriadený podrejen potčinjen underordnad, lägre อยู่ใต้บังคับบัญชา ast, küçük rütbeli 下級的 підпорядкований; підлеглий کم تر có địa vị hoặc cấp bậc thấp hơn ai 下级的
noun a person who is subordinate. to give orders to one's subordinates. onderhorige تابِع، مَرؤوس подчинен subordinado podřízený, -á der/die Untergebene (en) underordnet κατώτερος, υφιστάμενος subordinado alluv تابعيت alainen subordonné/-ée זוטר अधीनस्थ कर्मचारी podređeni alárendelt bawahan undirmaður subordinato 部下 부하 pavaldus/žemesnio rango asmuo apakšnieks; pakļautais orang bawahan ondergeschikte underordnet podwładny تابعیت subordinado subordonat подчинённый podriadený, -á podrejeni potčinjena osoba underordnad, underlydande ผู้ใต้บังคับบัญชา ast, küçük rütbeli kimse 部下 підлеглий ماتحت thuộc cấp, cấp dưới 部下
subordinate clause a clause introduced in a sentence by a conjunction etc, and acting as a noun, adjective or adverb. I don't know who she is; The book that's on the table is mine; She's crying because you were unkind. bysin جُمْلَه تابِعَه، مُعْتَمِدَه على الجُمْلَةِ الرَّئيسيَّه подчинено изречение oração subordinada podřadné souvětí der Nebensatz bisætning δευτερεύουσα πρόταση (γραμμ.) oración subordinada kõrvallause جمله پيرو sivulause proposition subordonnée מִשפָּט טָפֵל आश्रित उपवाक्य zavisna rečenica alárendelt mellékmondat anak kalimat aukasetning proposizione subordinata 従属節 종속절 šalutinis sakinys palīgteikums klausa subordinat bijzin leddsetning zdanie podrzędne پیروه جمله oração subordinada propoziţie subordonată придаточное предложение vedľajšia veta podredni stavek zavisna rečenica bisats อนุประโยคซึ่งไม่สามารถอยู่โดยลําพังได้ yan cümlecik 附屬子句,從句 підрядне речення تابع جملہ mệnh đề phụ thuộc (语法)从句
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