subordinate

UK
/səˈbɔː.dɪ.nət/
US
/səˈbɔːr.dɪ.nət/
subordinatenoun
subordinates
pl
UK
/səˈbɔː.dɪ.nət/
US
/səˈbɔːr.dɪ.nət/
Translations
The manager held a meeting with his subordinate to discuss the project.
Менеджер провёл встречу со своим подчинённым, чтобы обсудить проект.
Definitions
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
subordinated
Past Simple
subordinated
Past Participle
subordinating
Gerund
UK
/səˈbɔː.dɪ.nət/
US
/səˈbɔːr.dɪ.nət/
Translations
He tends to subordinate his own needs to those of his family.
Он склонен подчинять свои собственные нужды нуждам своей семьи.
Additional translations
Translation as verb
Definitions
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
more subordinate
Comp.
most subordinate
Super.
UK
/səˈbɔː.dɪ.nət/
US
/səˈbɔːr.dɪ.nət/
Translations
Her concerns were considered subordinate to the main issue.
Её заботы считались второстепенными по сравнению с основной проблемой.
He played a subordinate role in the project.
Он играл подчинённую роль в проекте.
Definitions
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.