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subordinate

/səˈbɔːrdənət/ /ˈsɔːbɔːrdənət/

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noun

Subordinado

One who is subordinate.

Examples :

"The subordinate in the student council is responsible for organizing the school dances. "

El subordinado en el consejo estudiantil es responsable de organizar los bailes escolares.

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verb

Subordinar, someter

To make subservient.

Examples :

"The teacher's strict rules subordinated the students' desire for freedom in the classroom. "

Las estrictas reglas del profesor subordinaron el deseo de libertad de los estudiantes en el aula.

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verb

Subordinar, menospreciar

To treat as of less value or importance.

Examples :

"The teacher sometimes subordinates the needs of struggling students to the needs of the advanced students. "

El profesor a veces subordina las necesidades de los estudiantes con dificultades a las necesidades de los estudiantes avanzados.

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verb

Subordinar

To make of lower priority in order of payment in bankruptcy.

Examples :

"The creditors' committee will subordinate the student loan debt to the mortgage loan in the bankruptcy proceedings. "

El comité de acreedores subordinará la deuda del préstamo estudiantil al préstamo hipotecario en el procedimiento de quiebra.

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adjective

Subordinado, inferior

Placed in a lower class, rank, or position.

Examples :

"The subordinate employees had to follow the manager's instructions. "

Los empleados subordinados tenían que seguir las instrucciones del gerente.

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adjective

Subordinado, inferior

Submissive or inferior to, or controlled by authority.

Examples :

"A private is subordinate to a sergeant in the military. "

Un soldado raso es subordinado a un sargento en el ejército.

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adjective

Subordinado

(grammar, of a clause) dependent on and either modifying or complementing the main clause

Examples :

"In the sentence “The barbecue finished before John arrived”, the subordinate clause “before John arrived” specifies the time of the main clause, “The barbecue finished”."

En la oración “La barbacoa terminó antes de que llegara John”, la cláusula subordinada “antes de que llegara John” especifica el tiempo de la cláusula principal, “La barbacoa terminó”.

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adjective

Subordinado, inferior

Descending in a regular series.

Examples :

"The students' seating chart showed a subordinate arrangement, with the youngest children sitting in the front rows. "

El plano de asientos de los estudiantes mostraba una disposición subordinada, con los niños más pequeños sentados en las primeras filas.

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