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[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]