subordinate

IPA(Pronunciation)

Adjective

not-comparable of a clause

Placed in a lower class, rank, or position. / Submissive or inferior to, or controlled by authority.

Japanese Meaning

下位の階級、位または位置に置かれた / 権威に従属した、従う立場にある

The subordinate officers followed the captain's orders without question.

下位の将校たちは艦長の命令に疑問を持たずに従った。

Sense（1）

Placed in a lower class, rank, or position.

The several kinds […] and subordinate species of each are easily known.

Sense（2）

Submissive or inferior to, or controlled by authority.

It was subordinate, not enslaved, to the understanding.

Sense（3）

(grammar, of a clause, not comparable) dependent on and either modifying or complementing the main clause

Sense（4）

Descending in a regular series.

more subordinate

（ comparative ）

most subordinate

（ superlative ）