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adjective
- 1. lower in rank or position: "his subordinate officers" Similar Opposite
noun
- 1. a person under the authority or control of another within an organization: "he was mild-mannered, especially with his subordinates"
verb
- 1. treat or regard as of lesser importance than something else: "practical considerations were subordinated to political expediency"
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a person who has a less important position than you in an organization:
The meaning of SUBORDINATE is placed in or occupying a lower class, rank, or position : inferior. How to use subordinate in a sentence.
Subordinate definition: placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.. See examples of SUBORDINATE used in a sentence.
a person who has a less important position than you in an organization:
Someone who is subordinate to you has a less important position than you and has to obey you. Sixty of his subordinate officers followed his example. American English : subordinate / sʌˈbɔrdənɪt /
A subordinate is someone who works for someone else. As a verb, to subordinate means to place or rank one thing below another. When you're doing a group project, sometimes you have to subordinate your ideas to the desires of the larger group.
subordinate (to somebody) having less power or authority than somebody else in a group or an organization. In some societies women are still subordinate to men. She was directly subordinate to the president. The monarch is formally subordinate to Parliament.
