subordinate

n. someone who has a lower position than someone else in an organization.

n. a person under the authority or control of another within a hierarchy.

“The manager treats all his subordinates with respect and listens to their ideas.”

“Effective leaders empower their subordinates by delegating meaningful tasks rather than merely overseeing routine administrative duties.”

Formal

adj. having a lower or less important position.

adj. placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.

“In many companies, the marketing department is subordinate to the sales department.”

“The colonial administration held a subordinate position relative to the imperial parliament in London.”

Formal

adj. describes a part of a sentence that cannot stand alone and depends on the main part.

adj. dependent on a main clause; functioning as a modifier or complement within a complex sentence.

“In the sentence 'I left because it was raining', 'because it was raining' is a subordinate clause.”

“Students often struggle with the punctuation of subordinate clauses when they precede the independent clause in academic writing.”

Technical

v. to treat something as less important than something else.

v. to treat or regard as of lesser importance than something else; to make subservient.

“The government decided to subordinate environmental concerns to economic growth.”

“Individual desires are often subordinated to the needs of the community in collectivist cultures.”

Academic · Formal