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SUBORDINATIVE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Serving to connect a subordinate clause to a main clause
Example:
'when' in 'I will come when I can' is a subordinating conjunction
Synonyms:
subordinating; subordinative
Classified under:
Domain category:
grammar (the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics))