Meaning & use
subordinating
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placing someone or something in a position of lesser rank or importance
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The general kept subordinating personal ambition to the needs of his troops.
'Although' is a subordinating conjunction that links a dependent clause to the main sentence.
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In grammar, subordinating conjunctions make one clause dependent on another.
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