Word familynounsubordinacysubordinatenesssubordinationsubordinationismsubordinationistsubordinate clauseadverbsubordinatelyadjectivesubordinativesubordinate
Related topics: Grammar
suˌbordinate ˈclause noun [countableC]
SLGa dependent clause 从句,从属分句
Examples from the Corpus
subordinate clause• However, when a subordinate clause follows a main clause this additional processing load does not occur.• Frye wrote the words independent clause and subordinate clause on the board.