Subordinate

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NOUN

an assistant subject to the authority or control of another

a word that is more specific than a given word

VERB

rank or order as less important or consider of less value

make subordinate, dependent, or subservient

ADJ

lower in rank or importance

subject or submissive to authority or the control of another

(of a clause) unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence

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