- subordinate word
- nouna word that is more specific than a given word• Syn: ↑hyponym, ↑subordinate• Hypernyms: ↑word
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subordinate — adj Subordinate, secondary, dependent, subject, tributary, collateral are comparable when they mean placed in or belonging to a class, rank, or status lower than the highest or the first in importance or power. Subordinate applies to a person or… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
subordinate — I UK [səˈbɔː(r)dɪnət] / US [səˈbɔrdɪnət] adjective * 1) having less power or authority than someone else He handed the case down to one of his subordinate officers. subordinate to: All members of the committee are subordinate to the chairman. 2)… … English dictionary
Subordinate clauses — ◊ GRAMMAR A subordinate clause is a clause which adds to or completes the information given in a main clause. Most subordinate clauses begin with a subordinating conjunction such as because , if , or that . Many subordinate clauses are adverbial… … Useful english dictionary
subordinate clauses — ◊ GRAMMAR A subordinate clause is a clause which adds to or completes the information given in a main clause. Most subordinate clauses begin with a subordinating conjunction such as because , if , or that . Many subordinate clauses are adverbial… … Useful english dictionary
subordinate clause — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms subordinate clause : singular subordinate clause plural subordinate clauses linguistics a group of words that gives extra information about a sentence but cannot form a sentence by itself. For example, in the… … English dictionary
Word order — Linguistic typology Morphological Isolating Synthetic Polysynthetic Fusional Agglutinative Morphosyntactic Alig … Wikipedia
word — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Written communication Nouns 1. word, term, expression, locution, linguistic unit or form, word form, lexeme; homonym, synonym, antonym, heteronym, homophone; syllable, monosyllable, polysyllable; stem,… … English dictionary for students
subordinate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. lower, inferior, secondary; dependent, subservient. See inferiority, unimportance, subjection. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. underling, junior, subaltern, assistant, helper, aide; see also assistant .… … English dictionary for students
hyponym — n. (linguistics) a word that is more specific (less abstract) than a given word; a term designating a class which is a subtype of the given word; a subcategory; a subtype. Inverse of hypernym; as, dog is a hyponym of mammal , and mammal is a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
hyponym — noun a word that is more specific than a given word • Syn: ↑subordinate, ↑subordinate word • Hypernyms: ↑word … Useful english dictionary
