1 a person who has a less important position than you in an organization: --
2 a word whose meaning is included in the meaning of another word: --
3 to put someone or something into a less important position: --
5 to treat someone or something as less important than something else: --
Japan has a tradition of subordinating individual desires to group goals.
However, case-by-case consideration acknowledges that academic freedom may, under unusual or extreme circumstances, be justifiably subordinated to other fundamental values.
The subordinating conjunction in this case is a member of the set subordinator.
If superiors do not treat their subordinates with respect and dignity, why should people treat those below themselves any differently?
His words and deeds defined the bad citizen inversely : one who succumbed to self-interested ambition and subordinated the public good to the personal.
There were a succession of such men-leaders of pay demands, subordinates with their own methods.
As an act of will, choice is intellectually motivated, and some motives are subordinated to others.
The evident physical presence of music became subordinated to the higher reality of transcendental perfection.
They also allow the dominant state to offer more valuable benefits to subordinates, such as security guarantees, military aid, and so on.
