āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
subordinate
/sĘbËÉËdÉĒnÉt/
Subordinate
01
an employee who is under the authority or control of another person
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Military officers must give orders to their subordinates clearly.
02
a word or term that is more specific in meaning than another word
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Linguists classify sparrow as a subordinate of bird.
subordinate
01
āĻ āĻ§āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻ¨, āĻ¨āĻŋāĻŽā§āĻ¨
lower in position or importance
Disapproving
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The subordinate role of the assistant manager involves supporting the overall operations of the department.
āĻ¸āĻšāĻāĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻ
āĻ§āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻ¨ āĻā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻŽāĻā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ āĻ
āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻļāĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¤āĨ¤
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
As a subordinate employee, she reported directly to the manager.
āĻāĻāĻāĻ¨ āĻ
āĻ§āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻŽā§ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸āĻžāĻŦā§, āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¸āĻ°āĻžāĻ¸āĻ°āĻŋ āĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻā§ āĻ°āĻŋāĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
03
(of a clause) grammatically dependent on a main clause and unable to stand alone as a complete sentence
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Subordinate clauses often begin with words like although, since, or when.
to subordinate
01
to rank, treat, or consider something or someone as less important or of lower value compared to something else
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Artistic expression was subordinated to commercial demands in the film industry.
02
to make something or someone dependent, controlled, or subservient to another
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The manager subordinated the new team to the department's senior staff.
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
subordinate
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āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
