Hypertext Webster Gateway: "subordinative"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Subordinative \Sub*or"di*na*tive\, a.
Tending to subordinate; expressing subordination; used to
introduce a subordinate sentence; as, a subordinative
conjunction.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

subordinative
adj : (grammar) serving to connect a subordinate clause to a main
clause; "`when' in `I will come when I can' is a
subordinating conjunction" [syn: {subordinating(a)}]
[ant: {coordinating(a)}]


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