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Adjective: subordinative  sub'or-du,ney-tiv [N. Amer], sub'or-di-nu-tiv [Brit]
  1. (grammar) serving to connect a subordinate clause to a main clause
    "'when' in 'I will come when I can' is a subordinative conjunction";
    - subordinating

Antonym: coordinative

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suborder Zygoptera
subordinary
subordinate
subordinate clause
subordinate conjunction
subordinate word
subordinateness
subordinating
subordinating conjunction
subordination
subordinative
suborn
subornation
subornation of perjury
suborner
suboxide
subpar
sub-par
subpart
subphylum
subphylum Cephalochordata