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Thesaurus: subordinating conjunction
the subordination that occurs when a conjunction makes one linguistic unit a constituent of another
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Definitions
- n. the subordination that occurs when a conjunction makes one linguistic unit a constituent of another
- n. a conjunction (like ‘since’ or ‘that’ or ‘who’) that introduces a dependent clause