| NOUN | communication | dependent clause, subordinate clause | 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 / adjective or adverb / adverb |
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| 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 / adjective or adverb / adverb. | |
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| Synonym | subordinate clause | |
| Part of | complex sentence | A sentence composed of at least one main clause and one subordinate clause |
| Narrower | nonrestrictive clause, descriptive clause | A subordinate clause that does not limit or restrict the meaning / meaning of the noun phrase it modifies |
| restrictive clause | A subordinate clause that limits or restricts the meaning / meaning of the noun phrase it modifies | |
| Broader | clause | (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence |
| Spanish | oración subordinada | |
| Catalan | oració subordinada | |
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