subordinate conjunction

subordinating conjunction

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.


Origin:
1870–75; subordinate + -ing2
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Subordinate conjunction is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
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subordinate conjunction

noun
a conjunction (like 'since' or 'that' or 'who') that introduces a dependent clause [syn: subordinating conjunction
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