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1. Serving to connect a subordinate clause to a main clause
   "'when' in 'I will come when I can' is a subordinating conjunction"
   - subordinative

1. Rank or order as less important or consider of less value
   "Art is sometimes subordinated to Science in these schools"
    
2. Make subordinate, dependent, or subservient
   "Our wishes have to be subordinated to that of our ruler"
   - subdue

See also: subordination

Type of: grade, lour, lower, order, place, range, rank, rate

Antonym: coordinating

Encyclopedia: Subordinate