"subordinating conjunction" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: subordinating conjunctions [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} subordinating conjunction (plural subordinating conjunctions)
  1. (grammar) A word that appears at the beginning of a subordinate clause and establishes its nature. Categories (topical): Grammar Related terms: as, because, if, since, till, where, while Translations (a word establishing the nature of a subordinate clause): stagell isurzhiañ [feminine] (Breton), onderschikkend voegwoord [neuter] (Dutch), alistuskonjunktio (Finnish), conjonction de subordination [feminine] (French), unterordnendes Bindewort [neuter] (German), unterordnende Konjunktion [feminine] (German), subordinierende Konjunktion [feminine] (German), Subjunktion [feminine] (German), alárendelő kötőszó (Hungarian), aukatenging [feminine] (Icelandic), congiunzione subordinante [feminine] (Italian), ឈ្នាប់ឃ្លា (chnoap klie) (Khmer), زیربنیسال (Persian), spójnik podrzędny [masculine] (Polish), conjuncție subordonatoare [feminine] (Romanian), подчини́тельный сою́з (podčinítelʹnyj sojúz) [masculine] (Russian), conjunción subordinante [feminine] (Spanish), subjunktion [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-subordinating_conjunction-en-noun-I355rgxS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Khmer terms with redundant script codes Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Inflected forms

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          "lang": "Icelandic",
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
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      "sense": "a word establishing the nature of a subordinate clause",
      "word": "زیربنیسال"
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      "sense": "a word establishing the nature of a subordinate clause",
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      "sense": "a word establishing the nature of a subordinate clause",
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