subordinate /sub-örˈdi-nāt or -nit/

1. Lower in order, rank, nature, power, importance, etc
2. Dependent
3. Under the orders or authority of another person
4. Submissive (obsolete)
5. Lower in a series of successive divisions
6. Underlying

1. A person who or thing that is subordinate or ranked lower
2. A person who works under another

1. To place in a lower order
2. To consider of less value
3. To subject

suborˈdinacy noun

Subordination

suborˈdinately adverb

suborˈdinateness noun

subordināˈtion noun

1. Arrangement in a series of successive orders
2. The disposition of successive recessed arches in an archway (architecture)
3. The act of subordinating or placing in a lower order
4. The state of being subordinate
5. Inferiority of rank or position
6. Submission and obedience to authority

subordināˈtionism noun

The doctrine according to which the second and third Persons of the Trinity are subordinate to the first

subordināˈtionist noun

suborˈdinātive adjective

subordinate clause noun (grammar)

A clause which cannot function as a separate sentence in its own right, but performs an adjectival, adverbial or nominal function

subordinated debt

Same as mezzanine finance (see under mezzanine)

subordinating conjunction noun (grammar)

A conjunction which introduces a subordinate clause

• on the parish
• on the part of
• on the pavement
• on the pig's back
• on the pill
• on the piss
• on the point of
• on the port beam
• on the port bow
• on the prowl
• on the pull
• on the q.t.
• on the QT
• on the quiet
• on the rack
• on the rag
• on the rampage
• on the razzle
• on the rebound
• on the right tack
• on the right track
• on the rise
• on the road
• on the rocks
• on the ropes