SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does subordinating conjunction mean? 

• SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTION (noun)
  The noun SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTION has 2 senses:

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

2. a conjunction (like 'since' or 'that' or 'who') that introduces a dependent clause

  Familiarity information: SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Hypernyms ("subordinating conjunction" is a kind of...):

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

subordinate conjunction; subordinating conjunction

Hypernyms ("subordinating conjunction" is a kind of...):

conjunction; conjunctive; connective; continuative (an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences)