4. (adj)subordinate subject or submissive to authority or the control of another "a subordinate kingdom"
5. (verb)dependent, subordinate (of a clause) unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence "a subordinate (or dependent) clause functions as a noun or adjective or adverb within a sentence"
6. (verb)subordinate rank or order as less important or consider of less value "Art is sometimes subordinated to Science in these schools"
7. (verb)subordinate, subdue make subordinate, dependent, or subservient "Our wishes have to be subordinated to that of our ruler"
Definition of 'subordinate'
Webster Dictionary
1. (adj)subordinate placed in a lower order, class, or rank; holding a lower or inferior position
2. (adj)subordinate inferior in order, nature, dignity, power, importance, or the like
3. (noun)subordinate one who stands in order or rank below another; -- distinguished from a principal
4. (verb)subordinate to place in a lower order or class; to make or consider as of less value or importance; as, to subordinate one creature to another
5. (verb)subordinate to make subject; to subject or subdue; as, to subordinate the passions to reason
Definitions of subordinate 
Afrikaans: onderhorige
Arabic: ثانَوي، تابِع
Bulgarian: подчинен
Brazilian: subordinado
Czech: podřízený
German: untergeordnet
Danish: underordnet
Greek: κατώτερος, υποδεέστερος
Spanish: subordinado
Estonian: alam
Farsi: تابع قرار دادن
Finnish: alempiarvoinen
French: subordonné (à)
Hebrew: מִשנִי
Hindi: अधीनस्त, अवर, मातहत, गौण,
Croatian: podređen, potčinjen
Hungarian: alsóbbrendű
Indonesian: lebih rendah
Icelandic: lægra settur
Italian: subordinato
Japanese: 下位の
Korean: 아래의
Lithuanian: pavaldus,žemesnio rango
Latvian: pakļauts
Malay: lebih rendah
Dutch: ondergeschikt
Norwegian: underordnet; bi-
Polish: podległy
Persian: تابع قرار دادن
Pashto: تابع کول
Portuguese: subordinado
Romanian: subordonat
Russian: подчинённый
Slovak: podriadený
Slovenian: podrejen
Serbian: potčinjen
Swedish: underordnad, lägre
Thai: อยู่ใต้บังคับบัญชา
Turkish: ast, küçük rütbeli
Taiwanese: 下級的
Ukrainian: підпорядкований; підлегли
Urdu: کم تر
Vietnamese: có địa vị hoặc cấp bậc th
Chinese: 下级的
