to subordinate
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6.3
- verb
- /səˈbɔːrdɪnɪt/
:
subordinar a
- In a team environment, it is important to subordinate personal preferences to achieve a common goal.
- subordinate to political goals
- subordinate to economic goals
- subordinate to national interests
And then you turn against your body and you're like, I'm going to, you know, subordinate my body.
- And then you turn against your body and you're like, I'm going to, you know, subordinate my body.
- It's because standards and capabilities have been subordinated to agendas and is subordinated to quotas.
- That's still using rationality, but it's subordinating it to some sort of impetus or impulse that we call anger.
Examples
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Through a political ceremony, ideological by nature and content, local identity was subordinated to nationalism.
Academic text (1991) -
But do you want to subordinate life to just the pursuit of pleasure?
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Most of the time you have to subordinate your will to communal rituals and life.
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Ultimately, governments become subordinate to the corporate entities whose sole function is to generate money.
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They want you subordinate to something you perceive is greater than you when you are a part of that.
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Yet successful leadership requires subordinating self-interests to a greater good.
Academic text (2017) -
They must be subordinated to the good of the monarchy.
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The end result of this process is that rank-and-file interests are subordinated to the overriding concern for accommodation.
Academic text (1990) -
In China, religion has been disparaged, at times suppressed, and generally subordinated to the needs of the state.
Academic text (1992) -
As a result, local development priorities are subordinated to the priorities of maintaining Israel's military occupation.
Academic text (1991)
Synonyms
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6.8
Move someone to a lower job or position as punishment
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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4.2
A part of a sentence that cannot stand alone and works like a noun, adjective, or adverb
- Specialized
A word that introduces a clause that cannot stand alone, like because or although
- Specialized
A word that names a more specific kind than a general word, like 'poodle' for 'dog'
How Subordinate
Surface Forms
Morphology
subordinate = subordinate (semi-transparent) = sub + ordinate
The verb is directly formed by conversion from the adjective 'subordinate'.
Etymology
Subordinate comes from the Latin parts sub- 'under' and ordinare 'to put in order'. To subordinate something is to put it 'under' something else, so it becomes less important or dependent on that other thing.