Meaning

1 senses

  1. A subordinate clause.

More definitions
  • a clause in a complex sentence that cannot stand alone as a complete sentence and that functions within the sentence as a noun or adjective or adverb

Examples

1 sentences

  1. The cause of death was "dependent clauses."

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Forms

plural: dependent clauses

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a clause in a complex sentence that cannot stand alone as a complete sentence and that functions within the sentence as a noun or adjective or adverb:subordinate clause

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
dependencedependencydependentB1dependsdepictC1depictionC1
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