English noun: subordinating conjunction | |||
1. | subordinating conjunction the subordination that occurs when a conjunction makes one linguistic unit a constituent of another | ||
Broader (hypernym) | conjunction | ||
2. | subordinating conjunction (communication) a conjunction (like `since' or `that' or `who') that introduces a dependent clause | ||
Synonyms | subordinate conjunction | ||
Broader (hypernym) | conjunction, conjunctive, connective, continuative | ||