Definition of subordinate

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Subordinate (a.) Inferior in order, nature, dignity, power, importance, or the like..

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Under :: Under (a.) Lower in position, intensity, rank, or degree; subject; subordinate; -- generally in composition with a noun, and written with or without the hyphen; as, an undercurrent; undertone; underdose; under-garment; underofficer; undersheriff..
Rebel :: Rebel (v. i.) To be disobedient to authority; to assume a hostile or insubordinate attitude; to revolt.
Dictate :: Dictate (v. t.) To say; to utter; to communicate authoritatively; to deliver (a command) to a subordinate; to declare with authority; to impose; as, to dictate the terms of a treaty; a general dictates orders to his troops..
Underfaculty :: Underfaculty (n.) An inferior or subordinate faculty.
Subdilated :: Subdichotomy (n.) A subordinate, or inferior, division into parts; a subdivision..
Subordinated :: Subordinate (n.) One who stands in order or rank below another; -- distinguished from a principal.
Undersecretary :: Undersecretary (n.) A secretary who is subordinate to the chief secretary; an assistant secretary; as, an undersecretary of the Treasury..
Bowline :: Bowline (n.) A rope fastened near the middle of the leech or perpendicular edge of the square sails, by subordinate ropes, called bridles, and used to keep the weather edge of the sail tight forward, when the ship is closehauled..
Delineation :: Delineation (n.) The act of representing, portraying, or describing, as by lines, diagrams, sketches, etc.; drawing an outline; as, the delineation of a scene or face; in drawing and engraving, representation by means of lines, as distinguished from representation by means of tints and shades; accurate and minute representation, as distinguished from art that is careless of details, or subordinates them excessively..
Under :: Under (adv.) In a lower, subject, or subordinate condition; in subjection; -- used chiefly in a few idiomatic phrases; as, to bring under, to reduce to subjection; to subdue; to keep under, to keep in subjection; to control; to go under, to be unsuccessful; to fail..
Bywork :: Bywork (n.) Work aside from regular work; subordinate or secondary business.
Accessory :: Accessory (a.) Accompanying as a subordinate; aiding in a secondary way; additional; connected as an incident or subordinate to a principal; contributing or contributory; said of persons and things, and, when of persons, usually in a bad sense; as, he was accessory to the riot; accessory sounds in music..
Utes :: Utes (n. pl.) An extensive tribe of North American Indians of the Shoshone stock, inhabiting Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, and adjacent regions. They are subdivided into several subordinate tribes, some of which are among the most degraded of North American Indians..
Tympanum :: Tympanum (n.) The space within an arch, and above a lintel or a subordinate arch, spanning the opening below the arch..
Subgranular :: Subgovernor (n.) A subordinate or assistant governor.
Servient :: Servient (a.) Subordinate.
Inferior :: Inferior (a.) Junior or subordinate in rank; as, an inferior officer..
Subaerial :: Subadvocate (n.) An under or subordinate advocate.
Species :: Species (n.) A group of individuals agreeing in common attributes, and designated by a common name; a conception subordinated to another conception, called a genus, or generic conception, from which it differs in containing or comprehending more attributes, and extending to fewer individuals. Thus, man is a species, under animal as a genus; and man, in its turn, may be regarded as a genus with respect to European, American, or the like, as species..
Tributary :: Tributary (a.) Hence, subject; subordinate; inferior..
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