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- (noun): One who is subordinate.
- (verb): To make subservient.
- (verb): To treat as of less value or importance.
- (verb): To make of lower priority in order of payment in bankruptcy.
- (adjective): Placed in a lower class, rank, or position.
- (adjective): Submissive or inferior to, or controlled by authority.
- (adjective): (grammar, of a clause) dependent on and either modifying or complementing the main clause
- (adjective): Descending in a regular series.
- In the sentence “The barbecue finished before John arrived”, the subordinate clause “before John arrived” specifies the time of the main clause, “The barbecue finished”.