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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Subordinate \Sub*or"di*nate\, adjective [Pref. sub + L. ordinatus, p. p. of ordinare to set in order, to arrange. See {Ordain}.]
1. Placed in a lower order, class, or rank; holding a lower or inferior position.
The several kinds and subordinate species of each are easily distinguished. --Woodward.
2. Inferior in order, nature, dignity, power, importance, or the like.
It was subordinate, not enslaved, to the understanding. --South.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Subordinate \Sub*or"di*nate\, noun One who stands in order or rank below another; -- distinguished from a principal. --Milton.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Subordinate \Sub*or"di*nate\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Subordinated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Subordinating}.]
1. To place in a lower order or class; to make or consider as of less value or importance; as, to subordinate one creature to another.
2. To make subject; to subject or subdue; as, to subordinate the passions to reason. -- {Sub*or"di*nate*ly}, adverb -- {Sub*or"di*nate*ness}, noun
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Dependent \De*pend"ent\, adjective [L. dependens, -entis, p. pr. dependere. See {Depend}, and cf. {Dependant}.]
1. Hanging down; as, a dependent bough or leaf.
2. Relying on, or subject to, something else for support; not able to exist, or sustain itself, or to perform anything, without the will, power, or aid of something else; not self-sustaining; subordinate; -- often with on or upon; as, dependent on God; dependent upon friends. Opposite of {independent}. [Narrower terms: {interdependent, mutualist, mutually beneficial}; {parasitic, parasitical, leechlike, bloodsucking}; {subordinate}; {underage}; {myrmecophilous}; {symbiotic}] Also See: {unfree}.
England, long dependent and degraded, was again a power of the first rank. --Macaulay.
3. conditional; contingent or conditioned. Opposite of {unconditional}.
Syn: qualified. [WordNet 1.5]
4. addicted to drugs.
Syn: addicted, dependent, drug-addicted, hooked, strung-out. [WordNet 1.5]
{Dependent covenant} or {Dependent contract} (Law), one not binding until some connecting stipulation is performed.
{Dependent variable} (Math.), a varying quantity whose changes are arbitrary, but are regarded as produced by changes in another variable, which is called the {independent variable}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
subordinate
adjective
1: lower in rank or importance [syn: {low-level}] [ant: {dominant}]
2: subject or submissive to authority or the control of another; "a subordinate kingdom" [ant: {insubordinate}]
3: 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" [syn: {dependent}] [ant: {independent}]
4: inferior in rank or status; "the junior faculty"; "a lowly corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate functionary" [syn: {junior-grade}, {inferior}, {lower}, {lower-ranking}, {lowly}, {petty(a)}, {secondary}, {subaltern}]
noun
1: an assistant subject to the authority or control of another [syn: {subsidiary}, {underling}, {foot soldier}]
2: a word that is more specific than a given word [syn: {hyponym}, {subordinate word}]
verb
1: rank or order as less important or consider of less value; "Art is sometimes subordinated to Science in these schools"
2: make subordinate, dependent, or subservient; "Our wishes have to be subordinated to that of our ruler" [syn: {subdue}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
125 Moby Thesaurus words for "subordinate": accessory, adjuvant, aide, assistant, assort, auxiliary, below, beneath, bolt, categorize, classify, client, cog, collate, collateral, common, commonality, commonalty, contributory, creature, demeaning, dependent, deprive of freedom, disadvantaged, disenfranchise, disfranchise, divide, dominate, employee, enslave, enthrall, feudal, feudatory, flunky, follower, gradate, grade, group, hanger-on, helper, hireling, hoi polloi, hold captive, hold down, hold in bondage, hold in captivity, hold in leash, hold in subjection, homager, humble, in the shade, inferior, infra dig, junior, keep down, keep under, lackey, lead captive, less, lesser, liege, liege man, lightweight, low, lower, lower class, lower orders, lowly, make dependent, masses, minion, minor, modest, myrmidon, next to, ordinary, pawn, peon, peonize, poor relation, rank, retainer, riddle, right-hand man, satellite, screen, scrub, second fiddle, second rank, second string, secondary, separate, serf, servant, servile, sieve, sift, size, slave, sort, sort out, staffer, stooge, sub, subaltern, subject, subjugate, subordinate to, subservient, subsidiary, supplementary, take captive, third rank, third string, third stringer, tributary, under, underling, underprivileged, understrapper, vassal, vassalize, vulgar, yeoman, yes-man
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