subordinate position

collocation in English

meaningsofsubordinateandposition

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subordinate
adjective
uk
/səˈbɔː.dɪ.nət/us
/səˈbɔːr.dən.ət/
having a lower or less ...
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position
noun
uk
/pəˈzɪʃ.ən/us
/pəˈzɪʃ.ən/
the place where something or someone is, often in relation to ...
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(Definition ofsubordinateandpositionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsubordinate position

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Women were relegated to asubordinatepositionin society.
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Furthermore, that pedagogy is characterised as a 'supporting study' implies its rathersubordinateposition.
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These latter have a distinct experience from being in asubordinatepositionin a power relationship and from practice.
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It has become asubordinateposition.
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That is a depressinglysubordinatepositionto take.
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I am saying that he can accept asubordinateposition.
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Paradoxically, in a country where the female has been relegated to a verysubordinateposition, this highest tribute was paid to feminine power.
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They started to resent their region's loss of autonomy and the allegedlysubordinatepositionof the anglophone minority in the unitary state.
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In the large port cities it is more likely that the indigenous elites would be found to have occupied a rathersubordinateposition.
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Persons who are manual workers or clerks may experience their relationship with their healthcare providers as yet another situation in which they are in asubordinateposition.
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There is the type of man who rises to asubordinatepositionin a movement.
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A negotiation starts from strength, whereas renegotiation starts from asubordinateposition.
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Though the management is perfectly honest, he is not allowed to accept asubordinateposition.
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With respect to the dimension of gender, for example, she acknowledges that language as well as practice firmly place women in asubordinateposition, in both public and private spheres.
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This is not to eliminate the economic, musico-psychological and political arguments that have been used to explain the oratorio turn, but it places them in asubordinateposition.
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My only criticism of that would be that human rights take a rathersubordinatepositionto rights of property.
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I did not like thesubordinatepositionwhich the elected representatives of this nation occupied yesterday at the back.
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They have not, he said, absolutely excluded denominational teaching, but they have put it in asubordinateposition.
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If you take away those equal and similar rights and put them in asubordinateposition, then an entirely different question arises.
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It must be allowed to gain its self-respect, and it should not have to grapple with an overtlysubordinateposition.
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They are disturbed that they will be placed in asubordinatepositionto the private sector, especially where retailers set up rival schemes.
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A man who is kept in asubordinatepositionfor such a long time loses any power of leadership he had earlier.
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The man who has had his licence revoked could take asubordinatepositionin a co-operative society, but not a managerial position.
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The new regulations will dispense with the unique role of the deputies, reducing them to thesubordinatepositionof safety inspectors.
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