subordinate

Adjective

Positive subordinate

Comparative more subordinate

Superlative most subordinate

1. If something is subordinate, it is less important than someone or something else. <> na baya, na ƙarƙashi, ƙaramin/ƙanana
   • Synonyms: subservient and inferior

   However, subordinate males that perform this song-and-dance routine risk being noticed and attacked by the dominant male. [1] <> Ko da yake wasu kananan zakarun sukan yi irin wannan waka da rawa tare da kasadar akwai yiwuwar manyan zakaru su kai musu hari. [2]

   Keeping our natural world healthy remains subordinate to the health of the economy.

   In society a dominant group often ignores the wishes of subordinate groups.

Synonyms

• minor
• lesser
• lower

Antonyms

• major
• main
• dominant
• upper
• superordinate

See also

• subordinate clause

Noun

Singular subordinate

Plural subordinates

1. (countable) A subordinate is someone who is at a lower position in an organization. <> (ma'aikaci) na ƙarƙashi, ƙaramin/ƙanana

   A good manager will talk with her subordinates before making most decisions.

Antonyms

• superior
• boss

Verb

Plain form (yanzu) subordinate

3rd-person singular (ana cikin yi) subordinates

Past tense (ya wuce) subordinated

Past participle (ya wuce) subordinated

Present participle (ana cikin yi) subordinating

1. (transitive) If you subordinate x to y, you give less importance to x and more to y.

   When he fell in love, everything else was subordinated to it.

Related words

• subordination

Google translation of subordinate

Ƙarƙashin.