Lexic.us

Definition of Subordinating

1. Adjective. Serving to connect a subordinate clause to a main clause. "`when' in `I will come when I can' is a subordinating conjunction"

Definition of Subordinating

1. Verb. (present participle of subordinate) ¹

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Definition of Subordinating

1. subordinate [v] - See also: subordinate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Subordinating

Literary usage of Subordinating

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. On Principles and Methods in Latin Syntax by Edward Parmelee Morris (1901)
"VII subordinating CONJUNCTIONS IN LATIN THE problem of the subordinating conjunctions in Latin is, in brief, to account for the peculiarities of their ..."

2. Toda Grammar and Texts by Murray Barnson Emeneau (1984)
"... with or without a subordinating suffix following the inflectional suffix. These subordinate predications denote prior conditions, causes, or events. ..."

3. German Composition: With Notes and Vocabulary by Edward Charles Wesselhoeft (1902)
"subordinating: Conjunctions. A dependent or subordinate clause is generally introduced by a subordinating conjunction or by a relative pronoun. ..."

4. German Composition: With Notes and Vocabulary by Edward Charles Wesselhoeft (1905)
"subordinating Conjunctions. A dependent or subordinate clause is generally introduced by a subordinating conjunction or by a relative pronoun. ..."

5. German Composition: With Notes and Vocabulary by Edward Charles Wesselhoeft (1902)
"subordinating Conjunctions. A dependent or subordinate clause is generally introduced by a subordinating conjunction or by a relative pronoun. ..."

6. A German Grammar by Charles Harris (1914)
"subordinating CONJUNCTIONS 605. The subordinating conjunctions introduce subordinate clauses and are therefore regularly followed by the transposed order of ..."

7. A German Grammar by Charles Harris (1914)
"subordinating CONJUNCTIONS 606. The subordinating conjunctions introduce ... The subordinating conjunctions are numerous. Only a few of them are used ..."

8. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1895)
"He argued in favour of subordinating purely religious questions to those of national importance ; and in after years, when agitating for the repeal of the ..."

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