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Definition of Subordinate word
1. Noun. A word that is more specific than a given word.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Subordinate Word
Literary usage of Subordinate word
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sheldon's Advanced Language Lessons: Grammar and Composition by Sheldon and Company (1895)
"Game, subordinate word element. Classify the elements in the following sentences: —
i. With reference to rank. 2. With reference to structure. 3. ..."
2. The Denotation of Generic Terms in Ancient Indian Philosophy: Grammar, Nyāya by Peter M. Scharf (1996)
"... is formed by providing the same suffix after the verbal root Vc/'ñ when the
subordinate word 'agni' denotes the direct object. ..."
3. Champion Spelling Book: For Public and Private Schools by Warren Edwin Hicks (1909)
"Each of the ten prominent words taught intensively in a week is listed as a
subordinate word within the next two weeks; included in a spelling contest at ..."
4. The Teaching of Spelling by Willard Fred Tidyman (1919)
"The Cleveland plan is as follows : " Each of the ten prominent words taught
intensively in a week is listed as a subordinate word within the next two weeks, ..."
5. Syntax of the Hebrew Language of the Old Testament by Heinrich Ewald (1891)
"When the circumstantial clause has no verb, while the predicate itself has the
appearance of a mere subordinate word (ie is introduced by a preposition), ..."
6. Story Hour Readers by Ida Coe, Alice Christie Dillon (1913)
"Each of the ten prominent words taught intensively in a week is listed as a
subordinate word in the next two weeks; included in a written spelling contest ..."
7. A School Manual of English Composition: For Advanced Grammar Grades, and for by William Swinton (1905)
"Each of the ten prominent words taught intensively in a week is listed as a
subordinate word in the next two weeks; included in a written spelling contest ..."
8. History in the Elementary Schools: Methods, Courses of Study, Bibliographies by Wilber F. Bliss (1911)
"Each of the ten prominent words taught intensively in a week is listed as a
subordinate word in the next two weeks ; included in a written spelling contest ..."
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