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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. serving to connect a subordinate clause to a main clause;
- Example: "`when' in `I will come when I can' is a subordinating conjunction"
[syn: subordinating(a), subordinative]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Subordinative \Sub*or"di*na*tive\, a. Tending to subordinate; expressing subordination; used to introduce a subordinate sentence; as, a subordinative conjunction. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

subordinative adj 1: serving to connect a subordinate clause to a main clause; "`when' in `I will come when I can' is a subordinating conjunction" [syn: subordinating(a), subordinative] [ant: coordinating(a), coordinative]