Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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subordinate | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
secondary | Yes | Yes | No | No |
subordinate (noun) | secondary (noun) |
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a word that is more specific than a given word | coil such that current is induced in it by passing a current through the primary coil |
an assistant subject to the authority or control of another | the defensive football players who line up behind the linemen |
subordinate (adjective) | secondary (adjective) |
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lower in rank or importance | being of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate |
subject or submissive to authority or the control of another | depending on or incidental to what is original or primary |
(of a clause) unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence | inferior in rank or status |
not of major importance | |
belonging to a lower class or rank |
subordinate (verb) | secondary (verb) |
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make subordinate, dependent, or subservient | |
rank or order as less important or consider of less value |