The meaning of SUBORDINATE is placed in or occupying a lower class, rank, or position : inferior. How to use subordinate in a sentence.

subordinate noun [C] (PERSON) a person who has a less important position than you in an organization:

A subordinate is someone who works for someone else. As a verb, to subordinate means to place or rank one thing below another. When you're doing a group project, sometimes you have to …

Subordinate definition: placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.. See examples of SUBORDINATE used in a sentence.

Someone who is subordinate to you has a less important position than you and has to obey you. Sixty of his subordinate officers followed his example.

subordinate (to somebody) having less power or authority than somebody else in a group or an organization In some societies women are still subordinate to men. She was directly …

Subject to the authority or control of another. n. One that is subordinate. 1. To put in a lower or inferior rank or class. 2. To make subservient; subdue.

SUBORDINATE meaning: 1 : in a position of less power or authority than someone else often + to; 2 : less important than someone or something else often + to

sub•or•di•nate /adj., n. səˈbɔrdənɪt; v. -dəˌneɪt/ adj., n., v., -nat•ed, -nat•ing. being in a lower order or rank: He had to accept a subordinate post in the new administration. secondary: In some …

SUBORDINATE meaning: 1. less important or lower in rank: 2. someone who has a less important position than someone else…. Learn more.