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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subordinate clause

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

Examples of subordinate

subordinate Politics had in effect been subordinated to rhetor ical artifice. From the Cambridge English Corpus He points out that his example (5.26) - given here in (1) - ' with how understood as modifying treat their subordinates, is completely impossible ' (147). From the Cambridge English Corpus When subordinated to them, cantara and había cantado function as the simple past. From the Cambridge English Corpus If one appeared weak in front of subordinates (being overly kind and considerate qualified), it was said, they would walk all over you. From the Cambridge English Corpus The case of the unhelpful subordinates is not as far-fetched as it may first appear. From the Cambridge English Corpus As an act of will, choice is intellectually motivated, and some motives are subordinated to others. 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 In the following examples, it may appear that these subordinating conjunctions can be modified by a demonstrative determiner. 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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