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subordinar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • subordinate adj Lower in rank, importance, or position; under the authority of someone else.
  • subsume verb To place (any one cognition) under another as belonging to it; to include or contain something else.

Senses

subordinar is used for these senses in English:

  • subordinate (transitive) To make subservient or secondary.
  • subordinate (transitive) To treat (someone) as of less value or importance.
  • subsume (transitive) To place (any one cognition) under another as belonging to it; to include or contain something else.

subordinate — full definition

  1. adj Lower in rank, importance, or position; under the authority of someone else.
  2. noun A person who works under someone else's authority.
  3. verb To treat something as less important than something else, or to place it under another's control.

subsume — full definition

  1. verb To place (any one cognition) under another as belonging to it; to include or contain something else.
  2. verb To consider an occurrence as part of a principle or rule.

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