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subordinate

/səˈbɔːdɪnət/

US pronunciation

American sound/səˈbɔːdɪnət/

səˈbɔːdɪnət

Syllables: 4 syllables
Stress: 2nd syllable stress
Vowel: Aw vowel
Ending: Final e often stays silent

sə - ˈbɔːdɪnət -> subordinate

Myanmar meaning

(adj) အဆင့်ရာထူး နိမ့်သော။ (n) လက်အောက်ငယ်သား subordinates (v) လက်အောက်ငယ်သား သဖွယ် ဆက်ဆံသည်။ subordinates, subordinated, subordinating

Full entry

subordinate /sǝ'bↄ:dÇnǝt/ adj

(က) ~ (to sb) (အဆင့်)နိမ့်သော။ be in a subordinate position to the head of the department.
(ခ) ~ (to sth) (…နှင့်စာလျှင်)အရေးမပါလှသော။ All other issues are subordinate to this one.
n လက်အောက်ခံ။ ငယ်သား။ အောက်လူ။ delegate work to one's subordinates.
/sǝ'bↄ:dÇneÇt; US -dǝneÇt/ v ~ sth (to sth) (…နှင့်စာလျှင်) ဦးစားမပေး၊ အလေးမထား။ fears that safety considerations were being subordinated to commercial interests.
❏ subordinate clause (also dependent clause) n (grammar ) အမှီဝါကျကဏ္ဍ။ Compare COORDINATE CLAUSE
❏ subordination /sǝbↄ:dÇ'neÇʃn; US -dǝn'eÇʃn/ n [U]နာခံခြင်း။ လိုက်နာခြင်း။

More examples

He handed the case down to one of his subordinate officers.
[subordinate to] : All members of the committee are subordinate to the chairman.
One or two subordinate questions arose during our discussions.
[subordinate to] : In this business everything is subordinate to making a profit.

Synonyms

secondary, lesser, minor, subsidiary, inferior, lower, accessory, adjuvant, aide, ancillary, assistant, attendant, auxiliary, baser, below, below par, beneath, blow out of the water, blow out of water, collateral, contributory, dependent, deputy, flunky, gofer, helper, in the power of, insignificant, junior, less than, low, lower than, minion, outranked, overwhelm, paltry, peon, poor relation, render speechless, rendered speechless, run circles around, satellite, scrub, second, second fiddle, second string, second-fiddle, second-string, serf, servant, slave, smaller, sub, subaltern, subalternate, subject, submissive, subnormal, subordinating, subservient, substract, supplementary, third string, tributary, under, underaverage, underling, unequal, unworthy of

Antonyms

boss, chief, first-class, first-rate, important, leader, main, major, manager, master, necessary, primary, source, strong, superior, vital

Cross references

secondary lesser minor subsidiary inferior lower accessory adjuvant aide ancillary assistant attendant auxiliary baser below below par beneath blow out of the water blow out of water collateral contributory dependent deputy flunky gofer helper in the power of insignificant

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