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subordinate

UK
/səˈbɔː.dɪ.nət/
US
/səˈbɔːr.dɪ.nət/

Translations

subordinatenoun
subordinates
pl
UK
/səˈbɔː.dɪ.nət/
US
/səˈbɔːr.dɪ.nət/
The manager assigned the task to her subordinate to ensure it was completed on time.
Le directeur a confié la tâche à son subordonné afin qu'elle soit terminée à temps.
Additional translations
subordonnéeEn grammaire.
Synonyms
minion
employee
follower
deputy
assistant
underling
subordinate
junior
aide
helper
subordinateverb
subordinated
Past Simple
subordinated
Past Participle
subordinating
Gerund
UK
/səˈbɔː.dɪ.nət/
US
/səˈbɔːr.dɪ.nət/
She tends to subordinate her own needs to those of her family.
Elle a tendance à subordonner ses propres besoins à ceux de sa famille.
Synonyms
defer
dominate
control
subject
lower
subjugate
subordinateadjective
more subordinate
Comp.
most subordinate
Super.
UK
/səˈbɔː.dɪ.nət/
US
/səˈbɔːr.dɪ.nət/
In the corporate hierarchy, she held a subordinate role to the department manager.
Dans la hiérarchie de l'entreprise, elle occupait un poste subordonné au chef de service.
The subordinate details of the plan were not discussed in the initial meeting.
Les détails secondaires du plan n'ont pas été abordés lors de la réunion initiale.
Additional translations
subordonnéEn grammaire.
Synonyms
secondary
inferior
lesser
ancillary
subsidiary
Antonyms
superior

Definitions

subordinatenoun
A person under the authority or control of another within an organization.
The manager assigned the task to her subordinate to ensure it was completed on time.
In grammar, a subordinate clause.
The sentence contains a main clause and two subordinates.
subordinateverb
To treat or regard as of lesser importance than something else.
She tends to subordinate her own needs to those of her family.
To make someone or something less important or to give someone or something a lower rank or position.
The manager decided to subordinate the new project to the ongoing ones.
subordinateadjective
Lower in rank or position.
In the corporate hierarchy, she held a subordinate role to the department manager.
Of less importance; secondary.
The subordinate details of the plan were not discussed in the initial meeting.
In grammar, describing a clause that depends on and modifies another clause.
In the sentence "She left when the bell rang," the phrase "when the bell rang" is a subordinate clause.
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