| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | sub·or·di·nate |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  s -bôr dn- t |
| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Belonging to a lower or inferior class or rank; secondary. 2. Subject to the authority or control of another. | | NOUN: | One that is subordinate. | | TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: sub·or·di·nat·ed, sub·or·di·nat·ing, sub·or·di·nates
(s-bôrdn- t )1. To put in a lower or inferior rank or class. 2. To make subservient; subdue. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English subordinat, from Medieval Latin sub rdintus, past participle of subrdinre, to put in a lower rank : Latin sub-, sub- + Latin rdinre, to set in order (from rd, rdin-, order; see ar- in Appendix I). | | OTHER FORMS: | sub·ordi·nate·ly —ADVERB
sub·ordi·nate·ness, sub·ordi·nation (-nshn) —NOUN
sub·ordi·native (-ntv) —ADJECTIVE
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