subordinateadjective
uk/səˈbɔː.dɪ.nət/us/səˈbɔːr.dən.ət/having a lower or less important position:
a subordinate role
subordinate status
The individual's needs are subordinate to those of the group.
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Organizations - position & status
- a rung on/of the ladder idiom
- apparatchik
- associate
- back seat
- be a big fish in a small pond idiom
- betters 2
- brethren
- comrade
- echelon
- elite
- entry-level
- equal
- fellow
- low-level
- position
- pretender
- role
- second class
- senior
- standing
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subordinatenoun [ C ]
uk/səˈbɔː.dɪ.nət/us/səˈbɔːr.dən.ət/subordinate noun [ C ] (PERSON)
a person who has a less important position than you in an organization:
He left the routine checks to one of his subordinates.
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Organizations - position & status
- a rung on/of the ladder idiom
- apparatchik
- associate
- back seat
- be a big fish in a small pond idiom
- betters 2
- brethren
- comrade
- echelon
- elite
- entry-level
- equal
- fellow
- low-level
- position
- pretender
- role
- second class
- senior
- standing
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subordinate noun [ C ] (WORD)
specialized language a word whose meaning is included in the meaning of another word:
"Dog" is a subordinate of the category "pet".
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superordinate
subordinateverb [ T ]
uk/səˈbɔː.dɪ.neɪt/us/səˈbɔːr.dən.eɪt/to put someone or something into a less important position:
Her personal life has been subordinated to her career.
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Promoting staff
- aggrandizement
- ascend
- career-limiting
- demote
- depute
- exalt
- fast track
- free transfer
- handover
- in the wilderness idiom
- install
- promotion
- rank
- second 1
- subordination
- time-scale promotion
- transfer
- upgradation
- upshifter
- vault
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