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How to pronounce “subordinate”
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- Practice the English pronunciation of subordinate with real speech in context.
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- Games Primates Play
dominant, an individual who's subordinate--
- Definition summary
- Placed in a lower class, rank, or position.
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How to pronounce subordinate
Games Primates Play

dominant, an individual who's subordinate--
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “subordinate”
Meaning
- [Adjective]
- Placed in a lower class, rank, or position.
- Submissive or inferior to, or controlled by authority.
- (grammar, of a clause, not comparable) dependent on and either modifying or complementing the main clause
- Descending in a regular series.
- [Noun]
- (countable) One who is subordinate.
- A hyponym.
- [Verb]
- (transitive) To make subservient or secondary.
- (transitive) To treat (someone) as of less value or importance.
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