单词 | subordinating |
释义 | subordinatingn. The action or fact of placing in a subordinate position; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > subjecting or subjugation > [noun] subduingc1450 subjugationa1456 subdue1483 subjecting1585 overwielding1597 subordinatinga1600 yoking1602 vassalizing1607 subduement1609 captivating1623 subdual1641 envassaling1642 envassalage1652 subjuging1660 subduction1670 a1600 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie vii. xv, in Wks. (1662) 43 The subordinating of inferiors to discharge some part of the same [office]. a1646 W. Twisse Riches of Gods Love (1653) i. 70 These Remonstrants make the force of their argument, to consist only in the subordinating of the decree divine. 1733 Representations Comm. Late Gen. Assembly 56 The Government of the Church..by a due Subordinating of the Judicatories, the Inferior to the Superior. 1853 N. Amer. Rev. July 101 Greene sometimes slips in a word about domestic anxieties..in a way which makes more conspicuous the struggle of the patriot in the subordinating of private feelings. 1888 J. H. McCarty 2,000 Miles through Heart of Mexico xxi. 287 Her free constitution guarantees..the subordinating of the military power to the civil. 1909 H. S. Canby Short Story in Eng. xv. 303 A subordinating of all the elements of the story to its desired result followed automatically. 1995 M. H. Kramer Crit. Legal Theory & Challenge of Feminism iii. 284 Certain practices and key institutions have resulted in the subordinating of women on many fronts. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). subordinatingadj. That subordinates; involving or causing subordination; (Grammar) containing or introducing a subordinate clause or clauses. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > [adjective] > subordinate collateralc1374 subalternate?a1425 subalternal1483 subaltern1578 subordinate1620 subordinatinga1635 subordinated1640 subalternated1659 subordinant1678 second line1797 subdominant1826 society > authority > subjection > subjecting or subjugation > [adjective] mastering1590 subduing1608 subjectionala1617 subordinatinga1635 subordinative1642 captivating1675 taming1697 subjecting1760 mancipating1819 the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > syntax or word order > syntactic unit or constituent > [adjective] > relating to a clause clausular1849 subordinating1879 clausal1904 a1635 R. Sibbes Breathing after God (1639) 34 As..little streames they helpe the mayne streame running into it, so grace hath a subordinating power over all things in the world. 1778 Chambers's Cycl. (new ed.) at Affection Affections: according to Aristotle, they are either subordinating, or subordinated. 1812 J. Evans Beauties Eng. & Wales XVII. 482 The subordinating policy of the Romans. 1879 W. D. Whitney Sanskrit Gram. 205 A few other particles give the verb an accent, in virtue of a slight subordinating force belonging to them. 1901 L. A. Sherman What is Shakespeare? iii. 145 She meets him with a subordinating answer. 1981 B. Comrie Langs. Soviet Union v. 228 The subordinating enclitic may be omitted. 2006 H. D. Baer Struggle Hungarian Lutherans under Communism iv. 98 The subordinating posture of Christian love stood in sharp contrast with a domineering, critical stance toward the world. Compounds subordinating conjunction n. Grammar a conjunction that introduces a subordinate clause. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > conjunction > [noun] > subordinating continuative1530 subordinating conjunction1849 1849 H. Scheib Thought & Expression: Gram. iv. 69 The single sentences..are not connected by the above named conjunctions, but by another kind of connectives, called subordinating conjunctions. 1875 W. D. Whitney Life & Growth Lang. xii. 241 Relatives and subordinating conjunctions are wanting. 1914 P. S. Allen First German Composition 45 This rule of dependent order covers all sentences introduced by a subordinating conjunction. 1997 J. Corbett Lang. & Sc. Lit. 167 Relations of cause and effect can be expressed by the subordinating conjunction ‘because’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1600adj.a1635 |
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