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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.0.48 [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.0.48 [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.0.48 [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: 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) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
adjective
1: lower in rank or importance [syn: {subordinate}, {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}, {subordinate}] [ant: {independent}, {main(a)}]
noun
1: an assistant subject to the authority or control of another [syn: {subordinate}, {subsidiary}, {underling}, {foot soldier}]
2: a word that is more specific than a given word [syn: {hyponym}, {subordinate}, {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: {subordinate}, {subdue}]
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