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subordinate

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associate

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adjunct

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feudatory

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ruled

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secondary

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subject

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subservient

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under

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01adjective

lower in rank or importance

02adjective

subject or submissive to authority or the control of another

“a subordinate kingdom”

03adjective

(of a clause) unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence

“a subordinate (or dependent) clause functions as a noun or adjective or adverb within a sentence”

04noun

an assistant subject to the authority or control of another

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05noun

a word that is more specific than a given word

06verb

rank or order as less important or consider of less value

“Art is sometimes subordinated to Science in these schools”

07verb

make subordinate, dependent, or subservient

“Our wishes have to be subordinated to that of our ruler”

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