subordinate
/səˈbɔɹdɪneɪt/ verb C2- To embed (a clause) into another clause that is the main one.
- To make of lower priority in order of payment in bankruptcy.
- To treat (someone) as of less value or importance.
He/she/it subordinates · Past subordinated · Past participle subordinated · -ing form subordinating
Verb forms
- Base form
- subordinate
- He/she/it
- subordinates
- Past
- subordinated
- Past participle
- subordinated
- -ing form
- subordinating
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He was a man of twenty-five or twenty-six years of age, of unprepossessing countenance, obsequious to his superiors, insolent to his subordinates; and this, in addition to his position as responsible agent on board, which is always obnoxious to the sailors, made him as much disliked by the crew as Edmond Dantès was beloved by them.
I am too well aware that though a subordinate, like myself, is bound to acquaint the shipowner with everything that occurs, there are many things he ought most carefully to conceal from all else.”
“We are forbidden to give you any explanation.” Dantès, trained in discipline, knew that nothing would be more absurd than to question subordinates, who were forbidden to reply; and so he remained silent.
Now we might suppose that this murdered man—this Douglas whose approaching fate was known by one of the arch-criminal’s subordinates—had in some way betrayed the chief.
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