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sub·ju·gate
 subjugate
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- pronunciation:
- suhb
j
geIt
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
subjugates, subjugating, subjugated |
| definition 1: |
to win mastery over, as by military conquest; subdue; vanquish.
The Mongols subjugated the lands of Central Asia and Eastern Europe.- synonyms:
- conquer, rout, subdue, vanquish
- similar words:
- bow, crush, defeat, master, overpower, overwhelm, quell
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| definition 2: |
to force into submission or subservience; enslave.
The nobles subjugated the peasants.- synonyms:
- enslave, enthrall, yoke
- antonyms:
- liberate
- similar words:
- dominate, enchain, oppress, overthrow, subject, subordinate
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| related words: |
control, defeat, occupy, oppress, overthrow, subject, subordinate |
adverb + (v.)subjugate
both, brutally, finally, historically, long, once, previously, racially, subsequently, utterly, when
(v.)subjugate
+ noun
ability,
adjustment,
african,
american,
arab,
army,
art,
attempt,
battering,
being,
body,
brother,
capability,
capriciousness,
christian,
church,
citizen,
conspiracy,
control,
desire,
discourse,
effort,
ego,
emotion,
fear,
feeling,
goal,
group,
heartache,
history,
horse,
human,
humanity,
husband,
individual,
interest,
islam,
jew,
land,
law,
machine,
majority,
man,
matter,
muslim,
nation,
nature,
need,
opposition,
others,
partner,
people,
policy,
population,
power,
purpose,
race,
region,
roman,
rule,
sense,
society,
species,
tribe,
vision,
voice,
war,
whore,
will,
woman,
world,
yankee
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| derivations: |
subjugable (adj.), subjugation (n.), subjugator (n.) |
The word subjugate
contains the following parts:
sub-
Latin
prefix
that means under, after
  More about this word part:
The prefix sub-
was a Latin preposition and prefix and occurs in English in Latin loanwords, such as subjugate
. It is also used in the formation of English words such as subway
and subgroup
. It has multiple forms, as the 'b' sound in sub-
assimilates to the initial sound of the base to which it is attached. See the assimilated forms suc-, suf-, sum-, sup-, sur-, sus-, and su-.
Example words:
subaqueous, subcategory, subclass, subcompact, subconscious, subcontract, subcontractor, subdivide, subdivision, subgroup, subject, subjugate, sublease, submarine, submerge, subordinate, subscribe, subscript, subscription, substandard, subterranean, subtopic, subversive, subway
- synonyms:
- hyp-, hypo-, under-
- antonyms:
- super-, supra-, hyper-
-ate1
Latin
verb-forming suffix
that means to make, cause, do
More about this word part:
The suffix -ate
primarily forms transitive verbs from Latin bases. Many -ate
verbs were loanwords from Latin. Verbs ending in -ate
combine with the suffix -ion to form nouns ending in -ation. These verbs also have corresponding agent nouns ending in -ator (navigator, dictator, elevator).
Example words:
abbreviate, abdicate, abnegate, accelerate, accommodate, accumulate, activate, adequate, adjudicate, administrate, administrative, administrator, advocate, aerate, affiliate, agglomerate, agglutinate, aggravate, agitate, alienate, allocate, alternate, animate, annihilate, annotate, arrogate, aspirate, assimilate, associate, calibrate, capitulate, cerebrate, circulate, collaborate, collocate, commemorate, complicate, concentrate, congregate, consecrate, consummate, cooperate, coordinate, decapitate, decelerate, decerebrate, decimate, dedicate, dehydrate, deliberate, derogate, desecrate, dictate, disintegrate, dislocate, dissimulate, dissociate, divagate, domesticate, dominate, donate, duplicate, educate, elaborate, elevate, elongate, elucidate, emasculate, emigrate, enervate, enunciate, equate, equivocate, eradicate, evacuate, exasperate, exfoliate, expurgate, fluctuate, formulate, generate, gradate, graduate, gyrate, illuminate, illustrate, implicate, incorporate, indoctrinate, innovate, interpellate, interrogate, irradiate, irrigate, legislate, liberate, locate, mediate, motivate, narrate, navigate, negate, nominate, obliterate, operate, orate, originate, ovulate, palpate, participate, placate, populate, prognosticate, proliferate, radiate, regulate, resonate, rotate, segregate, simulate, subjugate, terminate, vacate, validate, contraindicate
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