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Definition: Subordinating |
SubordinatingAdjective1. (grammar) serving to connect a subordinate clause to a main clause; "`when' in `I will come when I can' is a subordinating conjunction". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "subordinating" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1841. (references) |
Synonyms: SubordinatingSynonyms: subordinating(a) (adj), subordinative (adj). (additional references) |
| Antonym: coordinating(a) (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Subordinating |
| English words defined with "subordinating": mastery ♦ subordination, subordinative, subordinator. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Subordinating" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 94.12% of the time. "Subordinating" is used about 17 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 94.12% | 16 | 87,710 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 5.88% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 17 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "subordinating": subordinating conjunction. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
conjunction subordinating | 13 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "subordinating"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | подчинителен. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 居次要地位 (Subordinated). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | tilbagetrædelsesklausul (subordinating clause, subordination clause). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | clausule waarbij eigendomsovergang afhankelijk wordt gesteld van algehele betaling van de prijs (clause subordinating the transfer of owners hip to payment in full of the price), beding inzake achterstelling (subordinating clause, subordination clause). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | clause subordonnant le transfert de propriété au parfait paiement du prix (clause subordinating the transfer of owners hip to payment in full of the price), clause de subordination (subordinating clause, subordination clause). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | unterordnender, unterordnend (subordinately). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | υποτελής σύνδεσμος (subordinating conjunction). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | clausola di subordinazione (subordinating clause, subordination clause), clausola che subordina il trasferimento di propriet al pagamento totale del prezzo (clause subordinating the transfer of owners hip to payment in full of the price). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 종속시킴. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | fo-oardeeagh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ubordinatingsay cláusula de subordinação (subordinating clause, subordination clause). (various references) подчинять подчинительный. (various references) cláusula de subordinación (subordinating clause, subordination clause). (various references) underordnande (subjugation, subordination). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "subordinating" (pronounced subô"rdunā'ting) |
| 9 | -ô" r d u n ā' t i ng | coordinating. |
| 6 | -u n ā' t i ng | alienating, assassinating, chlorinating, contaminating, culminating, decaffeinating, detonating, discriminating, disseminating, dominating, eliminating, emanating, exterminating, fascinating, hydrogenating, illuminating, impersonating, incriminating, laminating, nominating, originating, predominating, procrastinating, rejuvenating, resonating, terminating, urinating. |
| 5 | -n ā' t i ng | alternating, designating, donating, stagnating. |
| 4 | -ā' t i ng | abbreviating, abdicating, abrogating, accelerating, accentuating, accommodating, accumulating, activating, adjudicating, administrating, advocating, affiliating, aggravating, agitating, alleviating, allocating, anticipating, appreciating, appropriating, approximating, arbitrating, articulating, assimilating, associating, authenticating, automating, calculating, captivating, castigating, castrating, celebrating, circulating, coagulating, collaborating, commemorating, communicating, compensating, complicating, concentrating, confiscating, congratulating, consolidating, consummating, contemplating, cooperating, corroborating, cultivating, debilitating, decelerating, decimating, decorating, dedicating, degenerating, delegating, deliberating, delineating, demonstrating, denigrating, deprecating, depreciating, deregulating, deteriorating, devastating, dictating, differentiating, disintegrating, dissipating, domesticating, duplicating, educating, elaborating, electroplating, elevating, emigrating, emulating, encapsulating, enunciating, equivocating, eradicating, escalating, estimating, evacuating, evaluating, evaporating, exacerbating, exaggerating, exasperating, excavating, excoriating, excruciating, exhilarating, exonerating, extenuating, extrapolating, fabricating, facilitating, fluctuating, formulating, frustrating, generating, graduating, gravitating, gyrating, hesitating, humiliating, illustrating, imitating, implicating, inaugurating, incapacitating, incarcerating, incinerating, incorporating, incubating, indicating, infatuating, infiltrating, infuriating, ingratiating, initiating, instigating, insulating, integrating, interrogating, intimidating, intoxicating, inundating, invalidating, investigating, invigorating, irritating, isolating, legislating, levitating, liberating, liquidating, litigating, locating, lubricating, mandating, manipulating, masturbating, mediating, meditating, migrating, misappropriating, mitigating, moderating, motivating, mutilating, nauseating, navigating, necessitating, negotiating, nitrating, nonoperating, obliterating, obviating, officiating, operating, orchestrating, oscillating, overestimating, overstating, participating, penetrating, percolating, permeating, perpetrating, perpetuating, placating, pontificating, populating, precipitating, prognosticating, proliferating, promulgating, propagating, pulsating, radiating, reactivating, reallocating, recalculating, reciprocating, recreating, recuperating, redecorating, reevaluating, regenerating, regulating, rehabilitating, reincorporating, reinvigorating, reiterating, relegating, renegotiating, renovating, repatriating, replicating, repudiating, resuscitating, retaliating, reverberating, rotating, salivating, saturating, segregating, separating, simulating, speculating, stimulating, stipulating, suffocating, syndicating, tabulating, titillating, tolerating, underestimating, understating, undulating, vacillating, validating, ventilating. |
| 3 | -t i ng | abating, abducting, abetting, aborting, abutting, accenting, accepting, accosting, accounting, accrediting, acquitting, acting, adapting, addicting, adjusting, admitting, adopting, affecting, afflicting, airlifting, alerting, allotting, amounting, annotating, appointing, arresting, assaulting, asserting, assisting, attempting, attesting, attracting, attributing, auditing, augmenting, averting, awaiting, babysitting, backbiting, baiting, balloting, bankrupting, batting, beating, befitting, begetting, belting, benefiting, benefitting, berating, besetting, besting, betting, biting, bitting, blacklisting, blanketing, blasting, bloating, bloodletting, blunting, boasting, boating, bolting, boosting, booting, boycotting, breasting, broadcasting, budgeting, bullfighting, bunting, bursting, busting, butting, carpeting, carting, casting, catapulting, cavorting, cementing, chanting, charting, chatting, cheating, circumventing, citing, clotting, coasting, coating, coexisting, cohabiting, collecting, combating, combatting, comforting, commenting, committing, commuting, competing, complementing, completing, complimenting, composting, computing, concocting, conducting, conflicting, confronting, connecting, consenting, consisting, consorting, constituting, constricting, constructing, consulting, contacting, contesting, contracting, contradicting, contrasting, contributing, converting, convicting, copycatting, correcting, correlating, corrupting, costing, counteracting, Counterfeiting, counting, courting, crafting, crating, creating, crediting, cresting, cutting, darting, dating, daunting, debating, decanting, deducting, defaulting, defeating, defecting, deflating, deflecting, defrosting, deleting, delighting, delisting, denting, departing, depicting, depleting, deporting, depositing, deserting, destructing, detecting, detracting, devoting, dieting, digesting, diluting, directing, disappointing, disconcerting, disconnecting, discounting, discrediting, disgusting, disorienting, dispiriting, disputing, disquieting, disrespecting, disrupting, dissecting, dissenting, distorting, distracting, distributing, districting, diverting, divesting, documenting, doting, dotting, doubting, drafting, drifting, dusting, eating, editing, effecting, elating, electing, eliciting, emitting, enacting, enchanting, encrusting, enlisting, entrusting, equating, erecting, erupting, escorting, everlasting, evicting, exacting, exalting, excepting, exciting, executing, exempting, exerting, exhausting, exhibiting, exhorting, existing, exiting, expecting, expediting, experimenting, exploiting, exporting, extorting, extracting, extraditing, fainting, fasting, faulting, feasting, fermenting, ferreting, Fetting, fidgeting, fighting, fingerprinting, firefighting, fitting, flaunting, fleeting, flirting, flitting, floating, flouting, fomenting, footing, footnoting, forecasting, forfeiting, forgetting, fragmenting, fretting, fronting, frosting, fruiting, getting, gifting, glinting, gloating, grafting, granting, grating, greeting, gritting, grouting, grunting, gunfighting, gusting, gutting, hallucinating, halting, handwriting, harvesting, Hasting, hating, haunting, heating, highlighting, hinting, hitting, hoisting, homeporting, hosting, hunting, hurting, igniting, impacting, imparting, implanting, implementing, importing, imprinting, inciting, indicting, infecting, infighting, inflating, inflicting, ingesting, inhabiting, inheriting, inhibiting, injecting, innovating, inserting, insinuating, insisting, inspecting, instituting, instructing, insulting, interacting, intercepting, interdicting, interesting, interpreting, interrupting, intersecting, inventing, investing, inviting, jetting, jolting, jousting, jutting, kiting, knitting, lactating, lambasting, lamenting, lasting, letting, lifting, lighting, limiting, listing, looting, lusting, malting, manifesting, marketing, marting, mating, matting, meeting, melting, minting, misinterpreting, misrepresenting, misstating, mistreating, molesting, molting, moonlighting, mounting, mutating, muting, negating, neglecting, nesting, netting, nonbiting, nonsporting, nonvoting, noting, Nutting, objecting, obstructing, offsetting, omitting, opting, orbiting, ousting, Outfitting, outing, outwitting, overeating, overheating, overreacting, overshooting, painting, panting, parachuting, parenting, parting, pasting, patenting, patting, perfecting, permitting, persecuting, persisting, perverting, petting, picketing, piloting, pinpointing, pirating, pitting, planting, plating, plotting, plummeting, pocketing, pointing, polluting, porting, posting, pouting, predicting, preempting, preexisting, presenting, preventing, printing, profiting, prohibiting, projecting, promoting, prompting, prosecuting, prospecting, protecting, protesting, purporting, putting, quieting, quilting, quitting, quoting, rafting, ranting, ratcheting, rating, reacting, readjusting, reasserting, rebutting, recanting, recasting, reciting, recollecting, reconnecting, reconstituting, reconstructing, recounting, recruiting, redacting, redirecting, redistributing, redistricting, reelecting, refitting, reflecting, refuting, regretting, reigniting, reinstating, reinstituting, reinterpreting, reinventing, reinvesting, rejecting, relating, relenting, relocating, remarketing, renting, repainting, repeating, replanting, reporting, representing, reprinting, requesting, rerouting, resenting, resisting, resorting, respecting, restarting, restating, resting, restricting, resubmitting, resulting, resurrecting, retesting, retracting, retreating, retrofitting, reuniting, reverting, revisiting, revolting, rewriting, rioting, riveting, roasting, rocketing, rooting, rotting, rusting, salting, saluting, scapegoating, scouting, sculpting, seating, sedating, selecting, setting, shafting, sheeting, shifting, shooting, shoplifting, shorting, shouting, shunting, shutting, sifting, sighting, siting, sitting, skating, skirting, skyrocketing, skywriting, slanting, slighting, slitting, slotting, smarting, smelting, snorting, soliciting, somersaulting, songwriting, sorting, spitting, splitting, sporting, spotlighting, spotting, spouting, sprinting, sprouting, spurting, squatting, squinting, squirting, starting, stating, strutting, subcontracting, subjecting, submitting, substituting, subtracting, subverting, suggesting, superconducting, supplanting, supplementing, supporting, surmounting, suspecting, sweating, Sweeting, tainting, targeting, tasting, taunting, telecommuting, telemarketing, tempting, tenting, testing, thermosetting, thrusting, thwarting, ticketing, tilting, toasting, tormenting, toting, touting, translating, transmitting, transplanting, transporting, treating, trotting, trumpeting, trusting, twisting, typecasting, typesetting, Typewriting, undercutting, underreporting, underwriting, unexciting, uninteresting, uninviting, uniting, unrelenting, unremitting, unseating, unstinting, unsuspecting, unwitting, updating, uplifting, uprooting, upsetting, vacating, vaulting, venting, vesting, vetting, vibrating, violating, visiting, vomiting, voting, wafting, waiting, wanting, wasting, weighting, weightlifting, wetting, whiting, wildcatting, wilting, witting, wresting, writing, yachting. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-d-g-i-i-n-n-o-r-s-t-u" | |
-2 letters: indurations. | |
-3 letters: antibusing, astounding, botanising, disturbing, indurating, induration, insinuator, inundators, outraising, ruinations, transuding, unbraiding, urbanising, urinations. | |
-4 letters: abounding, adsorbing, arointing, auditions, bignonias, boardings, braidings, disrating, disrobing, durations, granitoid, guanidins, ignitrons, indorsing, intruding, intrusion, inundator, obtaining, obtruding, obtunding, ordaining, oribatids, outdaring, outriding, rationing, rigatonis, rigaudons, ruinating, ruination, saturniid, signboard, signorina, sinuating, stounding, straining, stranding. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Rhymes 10. Anagrams 11. Bibliography |
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