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 | ||