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subordinated

subordinated is the simple past and past participle of subordinate.

Meaning of subordinate

Verb

subordinate (third-person singular simple present subordinates, present participle subordinating, simple past and past participle subordinated)

  1. (transitive) To embed (a clause) into another clause that is the main one.
  2. (transitive) To make of lower priority in order of payment in bankruptcy.
  3. (transitive) To treat (someone) as of less value or importance.
    Synonyms:
    belittle, denigrate

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Questions about subordinated

What is subordinated the simple past and past participle of?
Subordinated is the simple past and past participle of subordinate.

Words near subordinated in the dictionary

  1. subordinate courts
  2. subordinate legislation
  3. subordinate legislations
  4. subordinate trait
  5. subordinate traits
  6. subordinated
  7. subordinately
  8. subordinateness
  9. subordinates
  10. subordinating
  11. subordinating conjunction

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Adapted from Wiktionary: subordinated (page history and authors); subordinate (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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