Subordinate con-junction

noun Grammar.

a conjunction introducing a subordinate clause, as when in They were glad when I finished.

Also, subordinate conjunction.

Also called sub·or·di·na·tor.

Compare coordinating conjunction.

Origin:
1870–75; subordinate + -ing²

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subordinating conjunction

—n
	Compare coordinating conjunction a conjunction that introduces subordinate clauses, such as if, because, although, and until

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Subordinate con-junction

subordinating conjunction