"subordinator" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: subordinators [plural]
Etymology: subordinate + -or Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|subordinate|or}} subordinate + -or Head templates: {{en-noun}} subordinator (plural subordinators)
  1. (grammar) Any of a lexical class of words that join clauses at a subordinate syntactic level. Categories (topical): Grammar
    Sense id: en-subordinator-en-noun-l0FPa3fm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -or Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -or: 46 54 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  2. One who subordinates, or reduces the status of, another person.
    Sense id: en-subordinator-en-noun-HMF1edTh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -or Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -or: 46 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: coordinator, conjunction

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for subordinator meaning in English (2.1kB)

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