Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

subordinate conjunction

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.33 in modern English

Syllables
sub-or-di-nate -con-junc-tion
IPA
36
Scrabble Score
22
Letters
7
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

n

a conjunction (like ‘since’ or ‘that’ or ‘who’) that introduces a dependent clause

Synonyms

subordinating conjunction

Questions

What does subordinate conjunction mean?
a conjunction (like ‘since’ or ‘that’ or ‘who’) that introduces a dependent clause

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