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Definition of subordinate verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

  

subordinate

 verb
verb
NAmE//səˈbɔrdnˌeɪt//
 
subordinate somebody/something (to somebody/something)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they subordinate
 
he / she / it subordinates
 
past simple subordinated
 
-ing form subordinating
 
 
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to treat someone or something as less important than someone or something else Safety considerations were subordinated to commercial interests.
sub‧or‧di‧na‧tion
 
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NAmE//səˌbɔrdnˈeɪʃn//
 
noun [uncountable]
See subordinate in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary