an assistant subject to the authority or control of another;
make subordinate, dependent, or subservient; "Our wishes have to be subordinated to that of our ruler";
rank or order as less important or consider of less value; "Art is sometimes subordinated to Science in these schools";
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";
lower in rank or importance;
inferior in rank or status; "the junior faculty"; "a lowly corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate functionary";
subject or submissive to authority or the control of another; "a subordinate kingdom";
