Explore Subordinate through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like assistant or secondary. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Subordinate in a sentence
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Subordinate meaning
- Placed in a lower class, rank, or position.
- Submissive or inferior to, or controlled by authority.
- dependent on and either modifying or complementing the main clause
Synonyms of Subordinate
Using Subordinate
- The main meaning on this page is: Placed in a lower class, rank, or position. | Submissive or inferior to, or controlled by authority. | dependent on and either modifying or complementing the main clause
- Useful related words include: low-level, assistant, secondary, inferior.
- In the example corpus, subordinate often appears in combinations such as: subordinate to, the subordinate, his subordinate.
Context around Subordinate
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 9 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Subordinate
- In this selection, "subordinate" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, generally, remain, multiple, voting, system and queens stand out and add context to how "subordinate" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include is generally subordinate to the and among his subordinate officials such. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "subordinate" sits close to words such as aesthetics, arabian and ark, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with subordinate
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Global south economies remain subordinate. (5 words)
The four subordinate officers were not identified. (7 words)
All six of Eighth Army’s major subordinate commands participate. (10 words)
The Canadian natural resources company said Monday that Glencore proposed an all-share acquisition by offering 7.78 Glencore shares for each Teck class B subordinate voting share and 12.73 shares for each Teck class A common share. (39 words)
He on hotel rooms, handed out dubious legal oversight contracts (as much as to a former U.S. attorney general, John Ashcroft) and made questionable loans ($46,000 to Michele Brown, a subordinate who doubled as a ). (37 words)
In the first years, Mao comes across as a calm, generally reasonable and good-humored leader, pragmatic and tolerant in resolving the inevitable disputes and rivalries among his subordinate officials (such as Zhou Enlai and Deng Xiaoping). (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
National Defense: A small state in the subordinate system addresses the dilemmas faced by Guyana in the context of the subordinate system.
Except in New England, where strong government at the town level has historically existed since the area was settled, the township is generally subordinate to the county, which is generally subordinate to the state.
According to studies, the lack of formal judicial infrastructure throughout South Sudan has led to many criminal cases being brought before customary courts that are supposed to be subordinate and answerable to the formal, statutory courts.
As a result of the investigation, Pheil and Pritchett were determined to have allowed Noles, his subordinate, to sit in their lap while they were intoxicated.
Because if you recognize that “subordinate” social groups have the right to choose how they want to be called, the next moment you are obliged to use inclusive language in speeches.
Global south economies remain subordinate.
GRU, the military, and the rest of Russia are all subordinate to the FSB/SVR.
He on hotel rooms, handed out dubious legal oversight contracts (as much as to a former U.S. attorney general, John Ashcroft) and made questionable loans ($46,000 to Michele Brown, a subordinate who doubled as a ).
Her subordinate wishes her for her special day; she knows about it, thanks to Prerana’s status update on WhatsApp.
In addition, TSX Trust Company will electronically issue the appropriate number of Class B subordinate voting shares to CDS Clearing and Depositary Services Inc. ("CDS") for further distribution by CDS to its participants.
In the first years, Mao comes across as a calm, generally reasonable and good-humored leader, pragmatic and tolerant in resolving the inevitable disputes and rivalries among his subordinate officials (such as Zhou Enlai and Deng Xiaoping).
Multiple subordinate units within the 50th RSG were at Camp Blanding for their annual training (AT) sessions, which gave the birthday ceremony a sizeable audience.
Sambo was accused of ordering a subordinate to shoot 27-year-old Brigadier Nofriansyah Yosua Hutabarat, and then firing a bullet into the wounded victim himself.
The Canadian natural resources company said Monday that Glencore proposed an all-share acquisition by offering 7.78 Glencore shares for each Teck class B subordinate voting share and 12.73 shares for each Teck class A common share.
The four subordinate officers were not identified.
The subordinate queens do not contribute to the feeding or care of the young, however, the primary queen will sometimes feed the other adult females in the nest.
When they nest in social groups, the subordinate queens can live up to three years.
All six of Eighth Army’s major subordinate commands participate.
Each DSU entitles the holder to received one Class A subordinate voting share in the capital of the Company at the time the holder ceases to be a director of the Company.
Haha, it gets worse: Alphabetically subordinate students also received comments that were more negative, less polite and that exhibited lower grading quality as measured by student complaints.
Common combinations with subordinate
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- subordinate to 51×
- the subordinate 16×
- his subordinate 11×
- subordinate and 8×
- is subordinate 7×
- and subordinate 7×
- to subordinate 7×
- were subordinate 7×
- subordinate courts 6×
- subordinate position 6×