In a sentence
Six example sentences with subordinate, each labelled with its topic.
In the cathedral the side chapels are deliberately subordinate, their arches lower so the eye travels straight to the altar.
Architecture
The subplot stays subordinate throughout, surfacing twice, and both times only to explain why the sister will not write back.
Literature
On the new organization chart every regional office became subordinate to a single logistics director based in Rotterdam.
Business
In this arrangement the strings stay subordinate to the voice, playing so softly that every word of the lyric carries.
Music
A city bylaw is subordinate to national law, so the court struck down the parking rule the moment the two conflicted.
Law
The former all-star accepted a subordinate role on the new team, setting screens and taking fewer than six shots a night.
Basketball
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Found in these word lists
Found in 6 published word lists
- University Word List (Xue & Nation 1984)Authoritative
- Academic Word List (Coxhead 2000)Authoritative
- Business Word List (part 2)Authoritative
- GRE 3000+ word list (widely used study list)Recognized
- GRE Word List 4700 (widely used study list)Recognized
- GregMat 960 GRE WordsRecognized
Each source is a published word list that contains subordinate. No exam board publishes an official GRE, GMAT or SAT list; GMAT words come from GRE lists and the Academic Word List.