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subordinate

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English

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishsubordinat, fromMedieval Latinsubōrdinātus, past participle ofsubōrdināre, fromsub- +ōrdināre(“to order”).

Pronunciation

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Adjective and Noun

(Received Pronunciation)enPR:sə-bôʹdĭ-nət,IPA^(key): /səˈbɔːdɪnət/
(General American, Canada)enPR:sə-bôrʹdĭ-nət,IPA^(key): /səˈbɔɹdɪnət/
(General Australian)IPA^(key): /səˈboːdɪnət/

Verb

(Received Pronunciation)enPR:sə-bôʹdĭ-nāt,IPA^(key): /səˈbɔːdɪneɪt/
- Audio(Southern England): (file)
(General American, Canada)enPR:sə-bôrʹdĭ-nāt,IPA^(key): /səˈbɔɹdɪneɪt/
- Audio(Southern California): (file)
(General Australian)IPA^(key): /səˈboːdɪnæɪt/

Adjective

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subordinate (comparativemoresubordinate,superlativemostsubordinate)

Placed in alowerclass,rank, orposition.
Synonyms:lesser,subaltern
Antonyms:superior,superordinate
- 1695,John Woodward, “(please specify the page)”, inAn Essay toward a Natural History of the Earth: And Terrestrial Bodies, Especially Minerals: […], London: […] Ric[hard] Wilkin […],→OCLC:
  The several kinds[…] andsubordinate species of each are easily known.
Submissive orinferior to, orcontrolled byauthority.
Antonym:insubordinate
- November 9, 1662,Robert South,Of the Creation of Man in the Image of God
  It wassubordinate, not enslaved, to the understanding.
(grammar, of a clause, not comparable)dependent on and either modifying or complementing the main clause
Synonym:dependent
Antonyms:independent,main
In the sentence “The barbecue finished before John arrived”, thesubordinate clause “before John arrived” specifies the time of the main clause, “The barbecue finished”.
Descending in aregular series.

Derived terms

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Translations

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placed in a lower class, rank, or position

Azerbaijani:tabe (az)
Bulgarian:низш (bg)(nizš),второстепенен (bg)(vtorostepenen)
Danish:underordnet (da)
Dutch:ondergeschikt (nl)
Finnish:alamainen (fi)
French:subordonné (fr) m
German:untergeordnet (de),nachgeordnet (de)
Hungarian:alárendelt (hu)
Ingrian:alain
Irish:fo-ordaithe,íochtaránach
Japanese:劣後する (ja)(retsugo suru)
Korean:종속적 (ko)(jongsokjeok),하급의 (ko)(hageubui),부차적 (ko)(buchajeok)
Polish:podrzędny (pl),podrzędny (pl)
Portuguese:subordinado (pt)
Romanian:subordonat (ro) m,subordonată f
Russian:подчинённый (ru)(podčinjónnyj)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic:потчињен
Roman:potčinjen (sh)
Spanish:subordinado (es)
Swedish:underordnad (sv)
Turkish:ast (tr)
Ukrainian:підпорядко́ваний(pidporjadkóvanyj),підле́глий(pidléhlyj),другоря́дний(druhorjádnyj)

submissive to or controlled by authority

Bulgarian:подчинен (bg)(podčinen),зависим (bg)(zavisim)
Czech:podřízený (cs) m
Danish:underordnet (da)
Finnish:alamainen (fi),alisteinen (fi)
German:untergeordnet (de),nachgeordnet (de)
Greek:εξαρτημένος (el)(exartiménos),υποτελής (el)(ypotelís)
Ingrian:alain
Irish:fo-ordaithe,íochtaránach
Japanese:従属する (ja)(jūzoku suru),付属する (ja)(jūzoku suru)
Korean:예속하다 (ko)(yesokhada),예속되다 (ko)(yesokdoeda)causative,예속적 (ko)(yesokjeok)nominal
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish:ژێردەستە(jêrdeste)
Persian:زیردست (fa),فرودست (fa)
Portuguese:subordinado (pt) m,subordinada f
Romanian:subordonat (ro) m
Russian:подчинённый (ru)(podčinjónnyj)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic:потчињен
Roman:potčinjen (sh)
Swedish:underordnad (sv)
Turkish:tabi (tr)
Ukrainian:підпорядко́ваний(pidporjadkóvanyj),підле́глий(pidléhlyj)

grammar: dependent

Bulgarian:подчинен (bg)(podčinen)
Catalan:subordinat
Dutch:ondergeschikt (nl)
Finnish:alisteinen (fi)
Greek:εξαρτημένος (el)(exartiménos),δευτερεύουσα (el) f(defterévousa)(of sentences)
Irish:fo-ordaithe
Korean:의존하다 (ko)(uijonhada),의존적 (ko)(uijonjeok)nominal,의존되다(uijondoeda)causative,의존의 (ko)(uijonui)possessive
Norman:s'gondaithe(Jersey)
Portuguese:subordinado (pt)
Romanian:subordonat (ro) m
Russian:прида́точный (ru)(pridátočnyj)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic:за́висан
Roman:závisan (sh)
Swedish:underordnad (sv)
Turkish:niteleyen
Ukrainian:підря́дний(pidrjádnyj)

Noun

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subordinate (pluralsubordinates)

(countable) One who is subordinate.
Synonyms:inferior,junior,report,subaltern,underling,understrapper
Antonyms:boss,commander,leader,manager,superior,superordinate,supervisor
Ahyponym.
Antonyms:hypernym,hyperonym,superordinate

Translations

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one who is subordinate

Bulgarian:подчинен (bg) m(podčinen)
Catalan:subordinat m
Chinese:
Mandarin:下屬 /下属 (zh)(xiàshǔ)
Dutch:ondergeschikte (nl) m or f
Finnish:alainen (fi)
French:subordonné (fr) m,subordonnée (fr) f,subordonnés (fr) m pl,subordonnées (fr) f pl
German:Untergebene (de) m,Befehlsempfänger (de) m
Hungarian:beosztott (hu),alantas (hu)
Japanese:部下 (ja)(buka),配下 (ja)(haika)
Korean:부하 (ko)(buha),하급자 (ko)(hageupja),졸개(jolgae)(derogatory)
Latin:subiectus m
Maori:awhenga,pararau
Mon:ကောန်ရဲ(kon ray)
Polish:podwładny (pl) m
Portuguese:subordinado (pt) m
Romanian:subaltern (ro) m
Russian:подчинённый (ru) m(podčinjónnyj)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic:потчињени m
Roman:potčinjeni (sh) m
Thai:ลูกน้อง (th)(lûuk-nɔ́ɔng)
Vietnamese:thuộc cấp

Verb

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subordinate (third-person singular simple presentsubordinates,present participlesubordinating,simple past and past participlesubordinated)