Word.ws English Dictionary

small clause

small clause noun: a minimal predicate structure that possesses arguments and predicates but no tense: small clauses usually occur within the context of full clauses and may act as the direct object of the verb.

Noun

small clause (plural small clauses)

  1. A minimal predicate structure that possesses arguments and predicates but no tense: small clauses usually occur within the context of full clauses and may act as the direct object of the verb.

Forms of small clause

pluralsmall clauses

Questions about small clause

What does small clause mean?
Small clause means a minimal predicate structure that possesses arguments and predicates but no tense: small clauses usually occur within the context of full clauses and may act as the direct object of the verb.
What part of speech is small clause?
Small clause is a noun.
What is the plural of small clause?
The plural of small clause is small clauses.

Words near small clause in the dictionary

  1. small chops
  2. small circle
  3. small circles
  4. small claims court
  5. small claims courts
  6. small clause
  7. small clauses
  8. small coal
  9. small coals
  10. Small Computer Systems Interface
  11. small copper

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: small clause (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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “small clause.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/small_clause. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.