Hypertext Webster Gateway: "subordinate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Subordinate \Sub*or"di*nate\, n.
One who stands in order or rank below another; --
distinguished from a principal. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Subordinate \Sub*or"di*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Subordinated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Subordinating}.]
1. To place in a lower order or class; to make or consider as
of less value or importance; as, to subordinate one
creature to another.
2. To make subject; to subject or subdue; as, to subordinate
the passions to reason. -- {Sub*or"di*nate*ly}, adv. --
{Sub*or"di*nate*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Subordinate \Sub*or"di*nate\, a. [Pref. sub + L. ordinatus, p.
p. of ordinare to set in order, to arrange. See {Ordain}.]
1. Placed in a lower order, class, or rank; holding a lower
or inferior position.
The several kinds and subordinate species of each
are easily distinguished. --Woodward.
2. Inferior in order, nature, dignity, power, importance, or
the like.
It was subordinate, not enslaved, to the
understanding. --South.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
subordinate
adj 1: lower in rank or importance [syn: {low-level}] [ant: {dominant}]
2: subject or submissive to authority or the control of
another; "a subordinate kingdom" [ant: {insubordinate}]
3: (grammar) 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" [syn: {dependent}] [ant: {independent}]
4: inferior in rank or status; "the junior faculty"; "a lowly
corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate
functionary" [syn: {junior-grade}, {inferior}, {lower}, {lower-ranking},
{lowly}, {petty(a)}, {secondary}, {subaltern}]
n 1: someone subject to the authority or control of another [syn:
{subsidiary}, {underling}]
2: a word that is more specific than a given word [syn: {hyponym},
{subordinate word}]
v : rank as less important
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