Subordinate | Definition In The English-Malay Dictionary

Translation of subordinate – English–Malay dictionary

subordinate

 adjective  /səˈboːdinət/ Add to word list Add to word list ● lower in rank, power, importance etc lebih rendah A colonel is subordinate to a brigadier.

subordinate

 noun  ● a person who is subordinate orang bawahan He was giving orders to one of his subordinates.

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(Translation of subordinate from the PASSWORD English–Malay Dictionary © 2015 K Dictionaries Ltd)

Examples of subordinate

subordinate Conversely, the subordinated group will become bilingual when in frequent contact with the dominant group. From the Cambridge English Corpus The only point of agreement was that both subordinated the artist to the dominating style of his age or country. From the Cambridge English Corpus First, the fostering of personal relationships may be subordinated to the organisation of short-term tasks and thereby may threaten patterns of trust and accountability. From the Cambridge English Corpus The lighting from behind must therefore be completely subordinated to that from the front, supplied by the window and by the two mirrors. From the Cambridge English Corpus Art was no longer subordinated to the higher goals of palaces and churches, but determined the purpose of buildings. From the Cambridge English Corpus When subordinated to them, cantara and había cantado function as the simple past. From the Cambridge English Corpus We can similarly imagine a legal system of unhelpful subordinates. From the Cambridge English Corpus If superiors became too close to their subordinates, the thinking went, subordinates would lose respect for them and would be unwilling to follow their orders. From the Cambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. B1

Translations of subordinate

in Chinese (Traditional) 從屬的，下級的, 次要的, 下屬，下級… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 从属的，下级的, 次要的, 下属，下级… See more in Spanish subordinado, subordinada, hipónimo… See more in Portuguese subalterno, subordinado, subordinada… See more in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Czech in Danish in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Swedish in German in Norwegian in Korean in Ukrainian in Italian 補佐的な, 下位の, 部下… See more ast, ast rütbede olan, alt kademede… See more subordonné (à), subordonné/-e… See more subordinat, -ada… See more ondergeschikt, ondergeschikte… See more podřízený, -á… See more underordnet, (en) underordnet… See more lebih rendah, bawahan… See more อยู่ใต้บังคับบัญชา, ผู้ใต้บังคับบัญชา… See more có địa vị hoặc cấp bậc thấp hơn ai, thuộc cấp, cấp dưới… See more podrzędny, podporządkowany, podwładn-y/a… See more underordnad, lägre, underlydande… See more untergeordnet, der/die Untergebene… See more underordnet, bi-… See more 부차적인, 부하… See more підпорядкований, підлеглий… See more subalterno, secondario, -a… See more Need a translator?

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