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place clause

place clause noun: a subordinate clause that pragmatically and syntactically specifies the location or spatial context in which the action, state, or situation of the main clause holds.

Noun

place clause (plural place clauses)

  1. A subordinate clause that pragmatically and syntactically specifies the location or spatial context in which the action, state, or situation of the main clause holds.

Forms of place clause

pluralplace clauses

Questions about place clause

What does place clause mean?
Place clause means a subordinate clause that pragmatically and syntactically specifies the location or spatial context in which the action, state, or situation of the main clause holds.
What part of speech is place clause?
Place clause is a noun.
What is the plural of place clause?
The plural of place clause is place clauses.

Words near place clause in the dictionary

  1. place blindness
  2. place card
  3. place cards
  4. place cell
  5. place cells
  6. place clause
  7. place clauses
  8. place holder
  9. place holders
  10. place importance on
  11. place in the sun

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