What part of speech is subordinates?

Subordinates can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

Parts of speech

1. subordinates is a verb, present, 3rd person singular of subordinate (infinitive).
2. subordinates is a noun, plural of subordinate.

Verb
subordinate - rank or order as less important or consider of less value; "Art is sometimes subordinated to Science in these schools"
subordinate - make subordinate, dependent, or subservient; "Our wishes have to be subordinated to that of our ruler"
Noun
subordinate - an assistant subject to the authority or control of another
subordinate - a word that is more specific than a given word

#		Sentence
1.	noun	Senior executives spend a lot of time training their subordinates.
2.	noun	He growled out orders to his subordinates.
3.	noun	Don't ignore your subordinates.
4.	noun	From the moment Mary became the boss, she made herself very unpopular with her subordinates.
5.	noun	He takes it out on his subordinates.
6.	noun	I was stabbed in the back by my subordinate.
7.	noun	He's only a subordinate.
8.	noun	He is my subordinate.
9.	noun	Tom is my subordinate.
10.	noun	Tom isn't my subordinate.
11.	noun	I was stabbed in the back by my subordinate.
12.	noun	He's only a subordinate.
13.	noun	He is my subordinate.
14.	noun	Tom is my subordinate.
15.	noun	Tom isn't my subordinate.
16.	adj.	A subordinate kingdom.
17.	adj.	A subordinate (or dependent) clause functions as a noun or adjective or adverb within a sentence.
18.	verb	He is able to subordinate passion to reason.
19.	verb	He is able to subordinate passion to reason.

Sentence
noun
Senior executives spend a lot of time training their subordinates.
He growled out orders to his subordinates.
Don't ignore your subordinates.
From the moment Mary became the boss, she made herself very unpopular with her subordinates.
He takes it out on his subordinates.
I was stabbed in the back by my subordinate.
He's only a subordinate.
He is my subordinate.
Tom is my subordinate.
Tom isn't my subordinate.
I was stabbed in the back by my subordinate.
He's only a subordinate.
He is my subordinate.
Tom is my subordinate.
Tom isn't my subordinate.
adj.
A subordinate kingdom.
A subordinate (or dependent) clause functions as a noun or adjective or adverb within a sentence.
verb
He is able to subordinate passion to reason.
He is able to subordinate passion to reason.

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