Overview of verb subordinate

The verb subordinate has 2 senses

• subordinate -- (rank or order as less important or consider of less value; "Art is sometimes subordinated to Science in these schools")


• subordinate, subdue -- (make subordinate, dependent, or subservient; "Our wishes have to be subordinated to that of our ruler")

Overview of adj subordinating

The adj subordinating has 1 sense

• subordinating, subordinative -- (serving to connect a subordinate clause to a main clause; "`when' in `I will come when I can' is a subordinating conjunction")