Subordinate
noun
A person who is lower in rank or position.
As a subordinate, John always reports to his manager.
verb
To give less importance to something in relation to something else.
He tends to subordinate his desires to those of his children.
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Formal
adjective
Being of lower rank, position, less important than someone or something else.
In the company hierarchy, Jane's role is subordinate to Chris
noun
In a sentence, a word or phrase (clause) that adds extra information or details.
In the sentence 'I will eat when I'm hungry', 'when I'm hungry' is the subordinate clause.
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Academic
noun
A person who is lower in rank or position.
As a subordinate, John always reports to his manager.
verb
To give less importance to something in relation to something else.
He tends to subordinate his desires to those of his children.
Usage tips
Formal
adjective
Being of lower rank, position, less important than someone or something else.
In the company hierarchy, Jane's role is subordinate to Chris
noun
In a sentence, a word or phrase (clause) that adds extra information or details.
In the sentence 'I will eat when I'm hungry', 'when I'm hungry' is the subordinate clause.
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Respectful Term
Use 'subordinate' in professional settings to describe team hierarchy respectfully.
Please delegate this task to one of your subordinates.
Pro Tip 2/3Neutral Connotation
'Subordinate' doesn't imply incompetence, just lower rank.
Despite being a subordinate, she has a lot of influence on the project.
Pro Tip 3/3Not a Diminutive
Avoid using 'subordinate' to undermine someone's contributions or abilities.
His subordinates played a key role in the research.
Pro Tip 1/3Respectful Term
Use 'subordinate' in professional settings to describe team hierarchy respectfully.
Please delegate this task to one of your subordinates.
Pro Tip 2/3Neutral Connotation
'Subordinate' doesn't imply incompetence, just lower rank.
Despite being a subordinate, she has a lot of influence on the project.
Pro Tip 3/3Not a Diminutive
Avoid using 'subordinate' to undermine someone's contributions or abilities.
His subordinates played a key role in the research.
Pro Tip 1/3Respectful Term
Use 'subordinate' in professional settings to describe team hierarchy respectfully.
Please delegate this task to one of your subordinates.
Pro Tip 2/3Neutral Connotation
'Subordinate' doesn't imply incompetence, just lower rank.
Despite being a subordinate, she has a lot of influence on the project.
Pro Tip 3/3Not a Diminutive
Avoid using 'subordinate' to undermine someone's contributions or abilities.
His subordinates played a key role in the research.
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The benefits of a...
Finally, Gabriella's parents are likely to be subordinate bilinguals who learn a secondary language by filtering it through their primary language. Because all types of bilingual people can become fully proficient in a language regardless of accent or pronunciation, the difference may not be apparent to a casual observer.
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Talking about history...
just this wonderful transformation and we haven't talked about what decades of trauma and humiliation and subordination did to people of color and to people who are white some of them were taught that they're better than other people because of their skin color and we haven't helped them recover from that abuse and
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Heather Brooke: My...
not because somebody says it's true, "because I say so." No, it's about trying to find the truth based on what you can see and what can be tested. That, in the first Enlightenment, led to questions about the right of kings, the divine right of kings to rule over people, or that women should be subordinate to men,
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Nicolas Perony: Puppies!...
So again, that's simplifying complexity. I would like to conclude on what this means for the whole species. When the dominant female gives way to a subordinate, it's not out of courtesy. In fact, the dominant female is extremely important for the cohesion of the group.
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Genius Meerkats Solve...
were low-ranking subordinate individuals and particularly males. Dominant individuals were able to get food by stealing, so they don't need to innovate. It's the low-ranking individuals that need to innovate because, essentially, necessity is the mother of invention.
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Comma story - Terisa...
a simple law of physics, and some common scenarios, you will be able to use commas correctly. I like to think of the different parts of our sentence as characters. Let's meet a few of the tiny conjunctions, the mighty subordinates,
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Safari Live - Day 333 PIPE...
subordinate females want to make sure that Cokie knows that she's totally totally respected and that unless they decided to overthrow her they better toe the line and you will see it clearly when Cokie is around and the other
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Palenque and the Ancient...
the dynastic Lords what in the world is this all about what they're saying is that in in this when pop Hall is really powerful when putt when Palenque is receiving tribute from from its vanquished subordinates when Jade
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Why there's no such...
Only in our real world are nonhumans always subordinate to humans. And only in our real world are humans born to be individuals. Why this uniqueness? Well, because our real world was shaped and forged
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World's Hardest Climb...
powerful difference it's not that he's an ego free zone however he subordinates them in favor of being compassionate and giving and thoughtful and creative it's really
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The benefits of a...
Finally, Gabriella's parents are likely to be subordinate bilinguals who learn a secondary language by filtering it through their primary language. Because all types of bilingual people can become fully proficient in a language regardless of accent or pronunciation, the difference may not be apparent to a casual observer.
Video examples
Talking about history...
just this wonderful transformation and we haven't talked about what decades of trauma and humiliation and subordination did to people of color and to people who are white some of them were taught that they're better than other people because of their skin color and we haven't helped them recover from that abuse and
Video examples
Heather Brooke: My...
not because somebody says it's true, "because I say so." No, it's about trying to find the truth based on what you can see and what can be tested. That, in the first Enlightenment, led to questions about the right of kings, the divine right of kings to rule over people, or that women should be subordinate to men,
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Nicolas Perony: Puppies!...
So again, that's simplifying complexity. I would like to conclude on what this means for the whole species. When the dominant female gives way to a subordinate, it's not out of courtesy. In fact, the dominant female is extremely important for the cohesion of the group.
Video examples
Genius Meerkats Solve...
were low-ranking subordinate individuals and particularly males. Dominant individuals were able to get food by stealing, so they don't need to innovate. It's the low-ranking individuals that need to innovate because, essentially, necessity is the mother of invention.
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Comma story - Terisa...
a simple law of physics, and some common scenarios, you will be able to use commas correctly. I like to think of the different parts of our sentence as characters. Let's meet a few of the tiny conjunctions, the mighty subordinates,
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 333 PIPE...
subordinate females want to make sure that Cokie knows that she's totally totally respected and that unless they decided to overthrow her they better toe the line and you will see it clearly when Cokie is around and the other
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Palenque and the Ancient...
the dynastic Lords what in the world is this all about what they're saying is that in in this when pop Hall is really powerful when putt when Palenque is receiving tribute from from its vanquished subordinates when Jade
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Why there's no such...
Only in our real world are nonhumans always subordinate to humans. And only in our real world are humans born to be individuals. Why this uniqueness? Well, because our real world was shaped and forged
Video examples
World's Hardest Climb...
powerful difference it's not that he's an ego free zone however he subordinates them in favor of being compassionate and giving and thoughtful and creative it's really
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Jocko Willink
American
The best leaders understand the motivations of their team members and know their people - their lives and their families. But a leader must never grow so close to subordinates that one member of the team becomes more important than another, or more important than the mission itself.
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James L. Buckley
American Politician
This source of corruption, alas, is inherent in the democratic system itself, and it can only be controlled, if at all, by finding ways to encourage legislators to subordinate ambition to principle.
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Arthur Henderson
British Politician
The nations must be organized internationally and induced to enter into partnership, subordinating in some measure national sovereignty to worldwide institutions and obligations.
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James Mark Baldwin
American Philosopher
Pythagoras took the next important step by subordinating the mere matter of nature to its essential principle of form and order, identifying the latter with reason or the soul.
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Anthony Scaramucci
American Businessman
I'm a team player. I've, you know, played team sports my whole life, at least as a kid. And I believe that you have to subordinate yourself to the greater good of the team.
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Robert Sapolsky
American Scientist
When humans invented inequality and socioeconomic status, they came up with a dominance hierarchy that subordinates like nothing the primate world has ever seen before.
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Winston Churchill
British Statesman
For good or for ill, air mastery is today the supreme expression of military power and fleets and armies, however vital and important, must accept a subordinate rank.
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Wilhelm Dilthey
German Historian
The existence of inherent limits of experience in no way settles the question about the subordination of facts of the human world to our knowledge of matter.
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Gina Miller
Guyanese Activist
No longer can a risk to human life be considered subordinate to blind and increasingly discredited ideology.
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Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
Mexican Director
As the camera, I try to subordinate every word to be truthful and honest to each character's context.
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Jocko Willink
American
The best leaders understand the motivations of their team members and know their people - their lives and their families. But a leader must never grow so close to subordinates that one member of the team becomes more important than another, or more important than the mission itself.
Quote examples
James L. Buckley
American Politician
This source of corruption, alas, is inherent in the democratic system itself, and it can only be controlled, if at all, by finding ways to encourage legislators to subordinate ambition to principle.
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Arthur Henderson
British Politician
The nations must be organized internationally and induced to enter into partnership, subordinating in some measure national sovereignty to worldwide institutions and obligations.
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James Mark Baldwin
American Philosopher
Pythagoras took the next important step by subordinating the mere matter of nature to its essential principle of form and order, identifying the latter with reason or the soul.
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Anthony Scaramucci
American Businessman
I'm a team player. I've, you know, played team sports my whole life, at least as a kid. And I believe that you have to subordinate yourself to the greater good of the team.
Quote examples
Robert Sapolsky
American Scientist
When humans invented inequality and socioeconomic status, they came up with a dominance hierarchy that subordinates like nothing the primate world has ever seen before.
Quote examples
Winston Churchill
British Statesman
For good or for ill, air mastery is today the supreme expression of military power and fleets and armies, however vital and important, must accept a subordinate rank.
Quote examples
Wilhelm Dilthey
German Historian
The existence of inherent limits of experience in no way settles the question about the subordination of facts of the human world to our knowledge of matter.
Quote examples
Gina Miller
Guyanese Activist
No longer can a risk to human life be considered subordinate to blind and increasingly discredited ideology.
Quote examples
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
Mexican Director
As the camera, I try to subordinate every word to be truthful and honest to each character's context.
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