suborder
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]suborder (plural suborders)
- (taxonomy) A taxonomic category below order and above infraorder.
- Synonym: subordo
- (business) A secondary or subsidiary order (purchase request).
- Synonym of subordering
Descendants
[edit]- → Dutch: suborde
Translations
[edit]taxonomic category
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Verb
[edit]suborder (third-person singular simple present suborders, present participle subordering, simple past and past participle subordered)
- (transitive) To arrange in a secondary order.
- The customers were sorted by name and then subordered by number of purchases.