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SUBORDINATING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does subordinating mean?
• SUBORDINATING (adjective)
The adjective SUBORDINATING has 1 sense:
1. serving to connect a subordinate clause to a main clause
Familiarity information: SUBORDINATING used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Serving to connect a subordinate clause to a main clause
Synonyms:
subordinating; subordinative
Context example:
'when' in 'I will come when I can' is a subordinating conjunction
Domain category:
grammar (the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics))
Antonym:
coordinating (serving to connect two grammatical constituents of identical construction)
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