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content clause

content clause noun: a dependent clause that functions similar to a noun phrase and expresses the content of a thought, statement, question or sentiment.

Noun

content clause (plural content clauses)

  1. A dependent clause that functions similar to a noun phrase and expresses the content of a thought, statement, question or sentiment.
    • Near-synonyms: nominal clause, noun clause
    • The bracketed parts [of the examples given] are like main clauses in some ways, but not in every way: that vaccines work would not be allowed as a main clause; nor would I ever saw it. I’ll call them content clauses from now on, because they express full sentence-like content of their own. […]...2024, Geoffrey K. Pullum, The Truth About English Grammar, Polity Press, →ISBN, page 91

Synonyms of content clause

Forms of content clause

pluralcontent clauses

Questions about content clause

What does content clause mean?
Content clause means a dependent clause that functions similar to a noun phrase and expresses the content of a thought, statement, question or sentiment.
What part of speech is content clause?
Content clause is a noun.
What is the plural of content clause?
The plural of content clause is content clauses.

Words near content clause in the dictionary

  1. contends
  2. contends with
  3. contenement
  4. contenements
  5. content
  6. content clause
  7. content clauses
  8. content coupling
  9. content creator
  10. content creators
  11. content determination

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