Associations to the word «Subordinative»

Wiktionary

SUBORDINATIVE, adjective. Tending to subordinate; expressing subordination.
SUBORDINATIVE, adjective. (grammar) Used to introduce a subordinate sentence.

Dictionary definition

SUBORDINATIVE, adjective. Serving to connect a subordinate clause to a main clause; "`when' in `I will come when I can' is a subordinating conjunction".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats