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SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A conjunction (like 'since' or 'that' or 'who') that introduces a dependent clause
Synonyms:
subordinate conjunction; subordinating conjunction
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
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)
Sense 2
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)
