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subordinating conjunction

DEFINITIONS OF: subordinating conjunction

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n a conjunction (like `since' or `that' or `who') that introduces a dependent clause

Synonyms:
subordinate conjunction
Type of:
conjunction, conjunctive, connective, continuative
an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences

n the subordination that occurs when a conjunction makes one linguistic unit a constituent of another

Type of:
conjunction
the grammatical relation between linguistic units (words or phrases or clauses) that are connected by a conjunction
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