subordinate

/səˈbɔr·dənˌeɪt/ v [T]

Definition

› to treat someone or something as less important than something else: Japan has a tradition of subordinating individual desires to group goals.

(Definition of subordinate v from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

real or true

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