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Grammar. Of a sentence or clause, or of a word (esp. a verb): superordinate to another which is auxiliary to or dependent upon it; that is the…
Grammar. Of a sentence, clause, or word: superior in relation to a subordinate element; that is the principal sentence, clause, or word.