<p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.</li><li>of less importance; secondary.</li><li>subject to or under the authority of a superior.</li><li>subservient or inferior.</li><li>acting as a modifier, as when "I finished," which is subordinate to "They were glad."</li><li>noting or pertaining to a subordinating conjunction.</li><li>obsolete; submissive.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a subordinate person or thing.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>to place in a lower order or rank.</li><li>to make secondary (usually followed by "to"): to subordinate work to pleasure.</li><li>to make subject, subservient, or dependent (usually followed by "to"): to subordinate passion to reason.</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>