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main clause

main clause noun: a clause that can stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence and contains at least a subject and a verb.

Noun

main clause (plural main clauses)

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

main clause meaning in Tamil, Kannada and Thai

main clause in Tamil

முற்றுத்தொடர், தலைமைத் தொடர்

main clause in Kannada

ಪ್ರಧಾನ ವಾಕ್ಯಭಾಗ

main clause in Thai

grammar: clause that can stand alone syntactically
มุขยประโยค múk-kà-yá-bprà-yòok, ประโยคหลัก bprà-yòok-làk

Synonyms of main clause

Forms of main clause

pluralmain clauses

Questions about main clause

What does main clause mean?
Main clause means a clause that can stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence and contains at least a subject and a verb.
What is main clause in Tamil?
Main clause in Tamil is முற்றுத்தொடர், தலைமைத் தொடர். See Main clause meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is main clause?
Main clause is a noun.
What is the plural of main clause?
The plural of main clause is main clauses.

Words near main clause in the dictionary

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Adapted from Wiktionary: main clause (page history and authors); main clause (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); main clause (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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