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Subordinating Conjunction

nounid 135328·updated May 18, 2026
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the subordination that occurs when a conjunction makes one linguistic unit a constituent of another

polysemousMWE

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Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier

Sensitivity

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Information Class

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Variants

synonym
subordinate conjunction
plural
Subordinating Conjunctions
possessive
Subordinating Conjunction's
pluralpossessive
Subordinating Conjunctions'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary2 sensesview framework →
§1
a conjunction (like `since' or `that' or `who') that introduces a dependent clause
§2
the subordination that occurs when a conjunction makes one linguistic unit a constituent of another
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
the subordination that occurs when a conjunction makes one linguistic unit a constituent of another
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