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If some peoples pretend that history or geography gives them the right to subjugate other races, nations, or peoples, there can be no peace.
Ludwig von Mises

Meaning of "subjugate" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SUBJUGATE

From Late Latin subjugāre to subdue, from Latin sub- + jugum yoke.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SUBJUGATE

subjugate  [ˈsʌbdʒʊˌɡeɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SUBJUGATE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Subjugate is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb subjugate in English.

WHAT DOES SUBJUGATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of subjugate in the English dictionary

The definition of subjugate in the dictionary is to bring into subjection. Other definition of subjugate is to make subservient or submissive.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SUBJUGATE

PRESENT

Present
I subjugate
you subjugate
he/she/it subjugates
we subjugate
you subjugate
they subjugate
Present continuous
I am subjugating
you are subjugating
he/she/it is subjugating
we are subjugating
you are subjugating
they are subjugating
Present perfect
I have subjugated
you have subjugated
he/she/it has subjugated
we have subjugated
you have subjugated
they have subjugated
Present perfect continuous
I have been subjugating
you have been subjugating
he/she/it has been subjugating
we have been subjugating
you have been subjugating
they have been subjugating
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I subjugated
you subjugated
he/she/it subjugated
we subjugated
you subjugated
they subjugated
Past continuous
I was subjugating
you were subjugating
he/she/it was subjugating
we were subjugating
you were subjugating
they were subjugating
Past perfect
I had subjugated
you had subjugated
he/she/it had subjugated
we had subjugated
you had subjugated
they had subjugated
Past perfect continuous
I had been subjugating
you had been subjugating
he/she/it had been subjugating
we had been subjugating
you had been subjugating
they had been subjugating
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will subjugate
you will subjugate
he/she/it will subjugate
we will subjugate
you will subjugate
they will subjugate
Future continuous
I will be subjugating
you will be subjugating
he/she/it will be subjugating
we will be subjugating
you will be subjugating
they will be subjugating
Future perfect
I will have subjugated
you will have subjugated
he/she/it will have subjugated
we will have subjugated
you will have subjugated
they will have subjugated
Future perfect continuous
I will have been subjugating
you will have been subjugating
he/she/it will have been subjugating
we will have been subjugating
you will have been subjugating
they will have been subjugating
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would subjugate
you would subjugate
he/she/it would subjugate
we would subjugate
you would subjugate
they would subjugate
Conditional continuous
I would be subjugating
you would be subjugating
he/she/it would be subjugating
we would be subjugating
you would be subjugating
they would be subjugating
Conditional perfect
I would have subjugate
you would have subjugate
he/she/it would have subjugate
we would have subjugate
you would have subjugate
they would have subjugate
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been subjugating
you would have been subjugating
he/she/it would have been subjugating
we would have been subjugating
you would have been subjugating
they would have been subjugating
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you subjugate
we let´s subjugate
you subjugate
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to subjugate
Past participle
subjugated
Present Participle
subjugating
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SUBJUGATE


abrogate
ˈæbrəʊˌɡeɪt
assubjugate
əˈsʌbdʒʊˌɡeɪt
bijugate
ˈbaɪdʒʊˌɡeɪt
billingsgate
ˈbɪlɪŋzˌɡeɪt
circumnavigate
ˌsɜːkəmˈnævɪˌɡeɪt
congregate
ˈkɒŋɡrɪˌɡeɪt
conjugate
ˈkɒndʒʊˌɡeɪt
corrugate
ˈkɒrʊˌɡeɪt
delegate
ˈdɛlɪˌɡeɪt
derogate
ˈdɛrəˌɡeɪt
investigate
ɪnˈvɛstɪˌɡeɪt
mitigate
ˈmɪtɪˌɡeɪt
navigate
ˈnævɪˌɡeɪt
obligate
ˈɒblɪˌɡeɪt
ploughgate
ˈplaʊˌɡeɪt
propagate
ˈprɒpəˌɡeɪt
tailgate
ˈteɪlˌɡeɪt
trijugate
ˈtraɪdʒʊˌɡeɪt
Watergate
ˈwɔːtəˌɡeɪt
Wingate
ˈwɪnˌɡeɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SUBJUGATE

subjective intension
subjective probability
subjectively
subjectiveness
subjectivise
subjectivism
subjectivist
subjectivistic
subjectivistically
subjectivity
subjectless
subjectship
subjoin
subjoinder
subjugable
subjugation
subjugator
subjunction
subjunctive
subjunctively

WORDS THAT END LIKE SUBJUGATE

agate
aggregate
AND gate
climategate
complex conjugate
elongate
exclusive OR gate
frigate
gate
Harrogate
Hermitian conjugate
in the aggregate
jugate
legate
Margate
multijugate
negate
rugate
surrogate
unijugate

Synonyms and antonyms of subjugate in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SUBJUGATE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «subjugate» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of subjugate

Translation of «subjugate» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SUBJUGATE

Find out the translation of subjugate to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of subjugate from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «subjugate» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

征服
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

subyugar
570 millions of speakers

English

subjugate
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अधीन करना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

إخضاع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

подчинить
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

subjugar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অধীন করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

subjuguer
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tunduk
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

unterjochen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

意のままに操る
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

정복
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Subjugate
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chinh phục
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கட்டுப்பாட்டுக்குள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अधीन करणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

boyun eğdirmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

soggiogare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ujarzmić
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

підпорядкувати
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

subjuga
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υποτάξουν
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onderwerp
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kuva
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

underkue
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of subjugate

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SUBJUGATE»

The term «subjugate» is regularly used and occupies the 98.759 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SUBJUGATE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «subjugate» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «subjugate» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about subjugate

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7 QUOTES WITH «SUBJUGATE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word subjugate.
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Sushmita Banerjee
I was traumatised in the medieval Afghan society at Sarana village by the local boys of Omar's Taliban who forced my in-laws to subjugate me for trying to be different. There can be Omars in other religions, too, who oppress women.
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Rosanne Cash
I choose not to give energy to the emotions of revenge, hatred or the desire to subjugate.
3
Ludwig von Mises
If some peoples pretend that history or geography gives them the right to subjugate other races, nations, or peoples, there can be no peace.
4
Sun Myung Moon
The whole world is in my hand, and I will conquer and subjugate the world.
5
Robert Musil
Philosophers are people who do violence, but have no army at their disposal, and so subjugate the world by locking it into a system.
6
Gary Ross
I mean, what is racism? Racism is a projection of our own fears onto another person. What is sexism? It's our own vulnerability about our potency and masculinity projected as our need to subjugate another person, you know? Fascism, the same thing: People are trying to untidy our state, so I legislate as a way of controlling my environment.
7
Henry A. Wallace
What we must understand is that the industries, processes, and inventions created by modern science can be used either to subjugate or liberate. The choice is up to us.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SUBJUGATE»

Discover the use of subjugate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to subjugate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Bernadinism: How to Dominate Men and Subjugate Women
Latex-clad women in their fitted-kitchens, female bodies with two lower or upper torsos -- these are stories from the subculture of male fantasy, defused somewhat by self-mocking exaggeration and surreal form, though without losing anything ...
‎2001
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English Synonymes Explained in Alphabetical Order
Though a writer may be wrong himself, he may chance to make hi* errors subservient to the canze of truth. Burke, TO SUBJECT, SUBJUGATE, SUBDUE. SUBJECT signifies to make subject. ' SUBJUGATE, from jugum a yoke, signifies to bring ...
George Crabb, 1826
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The Attempt to Subjugate a People Striving for Freedom, Not ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
George Frisbie Hoar, 2012
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The Attempt to Subjugate a People Striving for Freedom, Not ...
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series.
George Frisbie Hoar, 2010
5
Exercises in Greek Prose Composition: Adapted to the First ...
I overthrow, subjugate, xaraargicpa. I incur danger, xivdvviva. I subjugate. I subjugated the country. I subjugated the country for myself. (5) Did you subjugate the country ? Did you subjugate the country for yourself? Did you not subjugate the ...
James Robinson Boise, 1850
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Race, Religion & Racism: Perverting the Gospel to subjugate ...
2, Perverting the Gospel to subjugate a people / by Frederick K.C. Price. — 1st ed . p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. LCCN: 99-75670 ISBN: 1- 883798-48-5 1 . Race relations— Religious aspects- Christianity. 2.
Frederick K. C. Price, 2001
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A selection of English synonyms
TO CONQUER, SUBDUE, VANQUISH, SUBJUGATE. ' To conquer' is less individual and more general in its meaning than ' to vanquish :' we vanquish an enemy who attacks us ; we conquer a country. ' Vanquish' is always used for a combat, ...
Elizabeth Jane Whately, Richard Whately, 1852
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A Dialogue on Comparable Worth
Finally, some employers discriminate because they know women are as good as or better than men. If a ruling class of people in a society can subjugate another class of people and, by exercise of political, economic, and social power, compel  ...
Michael Evan Gold, 1983
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Dealing with the Dampers of the Soul
Subjugate. Feelings. of. Discouragement. "yvden my soul fainted -within me I rememberecC the Lord." Jonah 2:7 It is important to understand that it is no sin to get discouraged. It is normal and natural to become discouraged in our activities  ...
Robert A. Hanson, 2008
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The patriot's offering
When we subjugate South Carolina, what shall we do ? We shall compel its obedience to the Constitution of the United States ; that is all. Why play upon words ? We do not mean, we have never said, any more. If it be slavery that men should ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SUBJUGATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term subjugate is used in the context of the following news items.
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President Obama and a famous Castro brother are uniting to …
President Obama and a famous Castro brother are uniting to subjugate American suburbs with the unlawful “Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Rule,” (AFFH) ... «Breitbart News, Jul 15»
2
Cha-cha designed to subjugate us to foreigners
While Noynoy Aquino treats us yet to another boring lip-service in today's “celebration” of the nation's 117th independence anniversary, China looks to occupy ... «The Manila Times, Jun 15»
3
Testimony: 'Things that kids need,' 'End run around Constitution …
This bill was presented as a must-pass by the federal government without any changes in coordination with the Hague Convention treaty. … It will subjugate our ... «The Spokesman Review, May 15»
4
Will Google's army of evil robots arise to subjugate, destroy all of …
While both Google co-founder Larry Page and Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk enjoy a warm relationship, Musk has expressed his concerns that Page might just ... «Catholic Online, May 15»
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Ex-Boko Haram Captives: Militants Obsessed With Marriage …
The group also used marriage to subjugate its captives. During the five months the Boko Haram extremist group held Kolo Telba captive, the militants took away ... «Voice of America, May 15»
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Syrian security apparatus used to 'subjugate' Lebanon, Siniora tells …
Former Prime Minister Fouad Siniora began testifying before the Special Tribunal for Lebanon Monday, recalling to the U.N.-backed court how Syria's security ... «The Daily Star, Mar 15»
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US plans to subjugate Russia, China: Analyst
“If you are the United States, until you can subjugate Russia and China, you are not going to have your one world government, or one world company,” author ... «Press TV, Dec 14»
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Putin compares West with Adolf Hitler in desire to subjugate Russia
Vladimir Putin excoriated the West in a speech on Thursday, comparing his foreign opponents to Adolf Hitler in their desire to destroy Russia while reminding ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Dec 14»
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Jeb Bush: "I Would Never Subjugate My Family" To Run for President
So I'm not saying woe is me here, don't get me wrong, but there is level under which I would never subjugate my family because that is my organizing principle. «RealClearPolitics, Dec 14»
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Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov: The Lessons of History …
“No One has Yet Managed to Subjugate Russia”. XXII Assembly of the Council on Foreign and Defence Policy, Moscow, 22 November 2014. By Sergey Lavrov. «Center for Research on Globalization, Nov 14»

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