Inferioradjective
of lower quality
âAnna had always felt inferior to her brother due to poor school grades.â;
Subordinateadjective
Placed in a lower class, rank, or position.
Inferioradjective
of lower rank
âan inferior officerâ;
Subordinateadjective
Submissive or inferior to, or controlled by, authority.
Inferioradjective
located below
Subordinateadjective
dependent on and either modifying or complementing the main clause
âIn the sentence âThe barbecue finished before John arrivedâ, the subordinate clause âbefore John arrivedâ specifies the time of the main clause, âThe barbecue finishedâ.â;
Inferioradjective
(typography) Printed in subscript.
âan inferior figure or letterâ;
Subordinateadjective
Descending in a regular series.
Inferioradjective
(botany) Situated below some other organ; said of a calyx when free from the ovary, and therefore below it, or of an ovary with an adherent and therefore inferior calyx.
Subordinatenoun
(countable) One who is subordinate.
Inferioradjective
(botany) On the side of a flower which is next to the bract; anterior.
Subordinateverb
(transitive) To make subservient.
Inferioradjective
(astronomy) Nearer to the Sun than the Earth is.
âthe inferior or interior planets; an inferior conjunction of Mercury or Venusâ;
Subordinateverb
(transitive) To treat as of less value or importance.
Inferioradjective
(astronomy) Below the horizon.
âthe inferior part of a meridianâ;
Subordinateverb
To make of lower priority in order of payment in bankruptcy.
Inferiornoun
a person of lower stature to another
âAs you are my inferior, I can tell you to do anything I want.â;
Subordinateadjective
Placed in a lower order, class, or rank; holding a lower or inferior position.
âThe several kinds and subordinate species of each are easily distinguished.â;
Inferioradjective
Lower in place, rank, value, excellence, etc.; less important or valuable; subordinate; underneath; beneath.
âA thousand inferior and particular propositions.â; âThe body, or, as some love to call it, our inferior nature.â; âWhether they are equal or inferior to my other poems, an author is the most improper judge.â;
Subordinateadjective
Inferior in order, nature, dignity, power, importance, or the like.
âIt was subordinate, not enslaved, to the understanding.â;
Inferioradjective
Poor or mediocre; as, an inferior quality of goods.
Subordinatenoun
One who stands in order or rank below another; - distinguished from a principal.
Inferioradjective
Nearer the sun than the earth is; as, the inferior or interior planets; an inferior conjunction of Mercury or Venus.
Subordinateverb
To place in a lower order or class; to make or consider as of less value or importance; as, to subordinate one creature to another.
Inferioradjective
Situated below some other organ; - said of a calyx when free from the ovary, and therefore below it, or of an ovary with an adherent and therefore inferior calyx.
Subordinateverb
To make subject; to subject or subdue; as, to subordinate the passions to reason.
Inferioradjective
Junior or subordinate in rank; as, an inferior officer.
Subordinatenoun
an assistant subject to the authority or control of another
Inferiornoun
A person lower in station, rank, intellect, etc., than another.
âA great person gets more by obliging his inferior than by disdaining him.â;
Subordinatenoun
a word that is more specific than a given word
Inferiornoun
one of lesser rank or station or quality
Subordinateverb
rank or order as less important or consider of less value;
âArt is sometimes subordinated to Science in these schoolsâ;
Inferiornoun
a character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character
Subordinateverb
make subordinate, dependent, or subservient;
âOur wishes have to be subordinated to that of our rulerâ;
Inferioradjective
of or characteristic of low rank or importance
Subordinateadjective
lower in rank or importance
Inferioradjective
of low or inferior quality
Subordinateadjective
subject or submissive to authority or the control of another;
âa subordinate kingdomâ;
Inferioradjective
inferior in rank or status;
âthe junior facultyâ; âa lowly corporalâ; âpetty officialdomâ; âa subordinate functionaryâ;
Subordinateadjective
of a clause; unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence;
âa subordinate (or dependent) clause functions as a noun or adjective or adverb within a sentenceâ;
Inferioradjective
written or printed below and to one side of another character
Subordinateadjective
inferior in rank or status;
âthe junior facultyâ; âa lowly corporalâ; âpetty officialdomâ; âa subordinate functionaryâ;
Inferioradjective
having an orbit between the sun and the Earth's orbit;
âMercury and Venus are inferior planetsâ;
Subordinateadjective
lower in rank or position
âhis subordinate officersâ;
Inferioradjective
lower than a given reference point;
âinferior alveolar arteryâ;
Subordinateadjective
of less or secondary importance
âin adventure stories, character must be subordinate to actionâ;
Inferioradjective
falling short of some prescribed norm;
âsubstandard housingâ;
Subordinatenoun
a person under the authority or control of another within an organization
âhe was mild-mannered, especially with his subordinatesâ;
Inferioradjective
lower in rank, status, or quality
âschooling in inner-city areas was inferior to that in the rest of the countryâ;
Subordinateverb
treat or regard as of lesser importance than something else
âpractical considerations were subordinated to political expediencyâ;
Inferioradjective
of low standard or quality
âinferior goodsâ;
Subordinateverb
make subservient to or dependent on something else
âto define life would be to subordinate it to reasonâ;
Inferioradjective
(of a court or tribunal) susceptible to having its decisions overturned by a higher court.
Inferioradjective
denoting goods or services which are in greater demand during a recession than in a boom, for example second-hand clothes.
Inferioradjective
low or lower in position
âulcers located in the inferior and posterior wall of the duodenumâ;
Inferioradjective
(of the ovary of a flower) situated below the sepals and enclosed in the receptacle.
Inferioradjective
(of a letter, figure, or symbol) written or printed below the line.
Inferiornoun
a person lower than another in rank, status, or ability
âher social and intellectual inferiorsâ;
Inferiornoun
an inferior letter, figure, or symbol.