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How to pronounce “subordinate”
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Pronunciation guide for subordinate
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of subordinate with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Is Remote Work Better Than Being in the Office? It's Complicated
whether it's a boss, a subordinate or your leadership,
- Definition summary
- Placed in a lower class, rank, or position.
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How to pronounce subordinate
Is Remote Work Better Than Being in the Office? It's Complicated

whether it's a boss, a subordinate or your leadership,
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “subordinate”
Meaning
- [Adjective]
- Placed in a lower class, rank, or position.
- Submissive or inferior to, or controlled by authority.
- (grammar, of a clause, not comparable) dependent on and either modifying or complementing the main clause
- Descending in a regular series.
- [Noun]
- (countable) One who is subordinate.
- A hyponym.
- [Verb]
- (transitive) To make subservient or secondary.
- (transitive) To treat (someone) as of less value or importance.
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