subordinated

[ suh-bawr-dn-ey-tid ]

/ səˈbɔr dnˌeɪ tɪd /

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adjective Finance.

noting or designating a debt obligation whose holder is placed in precedence below secured and general creditors: subordinated debentures.

Words nearby subordinated

suborder, subordinal, subordinary, subordinate, subordinate clause, subordinated, subordinated debt, subordinating conjunction, subordination, subordinationism, suborn

Origin of subordinated

subordinate + -ed²

OTHER WORDS FROM subordinated

un·sub·or·di·nat·ed, adjective

Definition for subordinated (2 of 2)

subordinate

[ adjective, noun suh-bawr-dn-it; verb suh-bawr-dn-eyt ]

/ adjective, noun səˈbɔr dn ɪt; verb səˈbɔr dnˌeɪt /

adjective

placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.

of less importance; secondary.

subject to or under the authority of a superior.

subservient or inferior.

subject; dependent.

Grammar.

acting as a modifier, as when I finished, which is subordinate to They were glad in They were glad when I finished.
noting or pertaining to a subordinating conjunction.

Obsolete. submissive.

noun

a subordinate person or thing.

verb (used with object), sub·or·di·nat·ed, sub·or·di·nat·ing.

to place in a lower order or rank.

to make secondary (usually followed by to): to subordinate work to pleasure.

to make subject, subservient, or dependent (usually followed by to): to subordinate passion to reason.

Origin of subordinate

1425–75; late Middle English (adj.) < Medieval Latin subōrdinātus past participle of subōrdināre to subordinate, equivalent to Latin sub- sub- + ōrdin- (stem of ōrdō) rank, order + -ātus -ate¹

SYNONYMS FOR subordinate

2 ancillary.

8 inferior.

9 lower, reduce.

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ANTONYMS FOR subordinate

2 superior; primary.

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OTHER WORDS FROM subordinate

sub·or·di·nate·ly, adverbsub·or·di·nate·ness, nounsub·or·di·na·tion, sub·or·di·na·cy

[suh-bawr-dn-uh-see] /səˈbɔr dn ə si/, nounsub·or·di·na·tive

[suh-bawr-dn-ey-tiv, -bawr-dn-uh-] /səˈbɔr dnˌeɪ tɪv, -ˈbɔr dn ə-/, adjective

non·sub·or·di·nate, adjectivenon·sub·or·di·nat·ing, adjectivepre·sub·or·di·nate, verb (used with object), pre·sub·or·di·nat·ed, pre·sub·or·di·nat·ing.self-sub·or·di·nat·ing, adjectiveun·sub·or·di·nate, adjectiveun·sub·or·di·na·tive, adjective

Examples from the Web for subordinated

In the age of aristocrats everything was subordinated to family bloodlines.
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The Palestine Partition plan failed because it took ethnic isolationism as a value and subordinated justice to it.
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They have subordinated reason, conscience, and religion to this.
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Almost everything was subordinated now to this one desire to take her place in the world.
The Rainbow|D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

It is clear that religious motives must have been often subordinated to other interests.
An Introduction to the History of Western Europe|James Harvey Robinson
For no State can exist unless the spiritual power be subordinated to the temporal power.
German Problems and Personalities|Charles Sarolea
The only time that music is not subordinated to other purposes of the evening's gathering, is at the musicale.
Book of Etiquette, Volume 2|Lillian Eichler Watson

British Dictionary definitions for subordinated

subordinate

adjective (səˈbɔːdɪnɪt)

of lesser order or importance

under the authority or control of anothera subordinate functionary

noun (səˈbɔːdɪnɪt)

a person or thing that is subordinate

verb (səˈbɔːdɪˌneɪt) (tr usually foll by to)

to put in a lower rank or position (than)

to make subservientto subordinate mind to heart

Derived forms of subordinate

subordinately, adverbsubordination or subordinateness, nounsubordinative, adjective

Word Origin for subordinate

C15: from Medieval Latin subordināre, from Latin sub- + ordō rank

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