subordinating Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb rank or order as less important or consider of less value
    subordinate.
    • Art is sometimes subordinated to Science in these schools
  2. verb make subordinate, dependent, or subservient
    subordinate; subdue.
    • Our wishes have to be subordinated to that of our ruler
  3. adjective serving to connect a subordinate clause to a main clause
    subordinative.
    • `when' in `I will come when I can' is a subordinating conjunction

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