subordinate
adjective
placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
have subordinated
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present perfectof subordinate.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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More recently, Japanese filmmakers have subordinated style and story to making audiences jump from their seats.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2010
The new companies are big players in the markets and have subordinated their advisory functions.
From Newsweek ● Apr. 23, 2010
Now they have invaded again, and have subordinated Laos as well, advancing that much closer to a possible Vietnamese elevation to the status of overlord.
From Time Magazine Archive
Egged on by live studio audiences and a fear of letting viewers' attention flag even for a second, sitcoms have subordinated well-told stories and plausible characters to a barrage of one-liners.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was in order to avoid troublesome questions of jurisdiction that Pandulf, at the pope's suggestion, continued to postpone his consecration as bishop, since that act would have subordinated him to the Archbishop of Canterbury.
From The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) by William Hunt
