HyperDic: subordinating

English > 1 sense of the word subordinating:
ADJECTIVEallsubordinating, subordinativeserving to connect a subordinate clause to a main clause
subordinating > pronunciation
Soundssahbao'rdahney.tihng
Rhymesabducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng...
English > subordinating: 1 sense > adjective 1
MeaningServing to connect a subordinate clause to a main clause.
Example"'when' in 'I will come when I can' is a subordinating conjunction"
Synonymsubordinative
CategorygrammarThe branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics)
Oppositecoordinating, coordinativeServing to connect two grammatical constituents of identical construction
Spanishsubordinado, subordinante
Catalansubordinant

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