Meaning

1 senses
  1. A clause that can stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence and contains at least a subject and a verb.

    Hauptsatz

    гла́вное предложе́ниеglávnoje predložénije

    a clause in a complex sentence that can stand alone as a complete sentence

Examples

3 sentences
  1. Please put a comma between the two main clauses.

    deIch bitte dich, zwischen beide Hauptsätze ein Komma zu setzen. — al_ex_an_der

  2. A conjunction is a word that connects a subordinate clause to a main clause.

  3. A subordinating clause is a part of a sentence that adds additional information to the main clause.

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
grammar: clause that can stand alone syntactically:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
grammar: clause that can stand alone syntactically:

Forms

plural: main clauses
Singularmain clause
Pluralmain clauses

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a clause in a complex sentence that can stand alone as a complete sentence:independent clause

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
main clause — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto