subordinate

be in a subordinate position

The minority is subordinate to the majority.

A private is subordinate to a corporal.

subordinate a person to his superiors

superior and subordinates freely interchange ideas and information.

subordinating conjunction (=subordinate conjunction)

The sentence consists of a main clause and a subordinate clause.

in adventure stories, character must be subordinate to action.

practical considerations were subordinated to political expediency.

The interests of the individual must be subordinated to the interests of the collective.

Their accidental meeting led to a renewal of their acquaintance. It can also mean subordinate or nonessential:

jumped at me for being late; jumped on her subordinates for their carelessness.

There are major and minor principles in everything, and the minor principles are all subordinate to the major.

All other considerations are subordinate to our need for steady profits.

To keep his job,he willingly subordinated his own interests to the objectives of the company.

In the Balkans, Mr Glenny argues, state power in several countries was virtually subordinated to criminal power.

Linguistic indices contain the ratio of error-free T-unit (REFT) and subordinate clauses per T-unit (SCT).