subordinating

1. 1.

   serving to connect a subordinate clause to a main clause

   “`when' in `I will come when I can' is a subordinating conjunction”

   Synonymssubordinative

   Antonymscoordinating

   grammar

Questions about subordinating

What does subordinating mean?

subordinating means "serving to connect a subordinate clause to a main clause".

How many syllables are in subordinating?

subordinating has 5 syllables: su-bor-di-na-ting. The stress falls on "bor". In IPA it is /səˈbɔɹdəˌneɪtɪŋ/.

What is another word for subordinating?

Close synonyms include subordinative. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.