'Subordinating' definitions:
Definition of 'subordinating'
(from WordNet)
adjective
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), subordinative] [ant: coordinating(a), coordinative]
Definition of 'Subordinating'
From: GCIDE
- Subordinate \Sub*or"di*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Subordinated; p. pr. & vb. n. Subordinating.]
- 1. To place in a lower order or class; to make or consider as of less value or importance; as, to subordinate one creature to another. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To make subject; to subject or subdue; as, to subordinate the passions to reason. [1913 Webster] -- {Sub*or"di*nate*ly}, adv. -- {Sub*or"di*nate*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]