subordinate clause
subordinate clause noun: a clause that cannot stand alone as a sentence but rather functions as a noun, adjective, or adverb within a sentence, having been cued by any of various introductory words that subordinate it (complementize it).
Noun
subordinate clause (plural subordinate clauses)
- A clause that cannot stand alone as a sentence but rather functions as a noun, adjective, or adverb within a sentence, having been cued by any of various introductory words that subordinate it (complementize it).
- Synonyms:
- dependent clause, embedded clause
subordinate clause meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Telugu and Sanskrit
subordinate clause in Tamil
- துணைத்தொடர், துணைநிலைத் தொடர்
subordinate clause in Bengali
- বিশেষণ, ক্রিয়াবিশেষণ হিসেবে অন্তর্ভুক্ত হয়
subordinate clause in Telugu
- subordinate clause
- ఉపవాక్యం upavākyaṁ
subordinate clause in Sanskrit
- subordinate clause
- उपवाक्य upavākya
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- subordinate clause in Thai
- อนุประโยค à-nú-bprà-yòok, ประโยคย่อย bprà-yòok-yɔ̂i
Synonyms of subordinate clause
Forms of subordinate clause
| plural | subordinate clauses |
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Words formed from subordinate clause
Questions about subordinate clause
- What does subordinate clause mean?
- Subordinate clause means a clause that cannot stand alone as a sentence but rather functions as a noun, adjective, or adverb within a sentence, having been cued by any of various introductory words that subordinate it (complementize it).
- What is subordinate clause in Tamil?
- Subordinate clause in Tamil is துணைத்தொடர், துணைநிலைத் தொடர். See Subordinate clause meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is subordinate clause?
- Subordinate clause is a noun.
- What is the plural of subordinate clause?
- The plural of subordinate clause is subordinate clauses.
Words near subordinate clause in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: subordinate clause (page history and authors); subordinate clause (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); subordinate clause (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ఉపవాక్యం (Telugu) (page history and authors); उपवाक्य (Sanskrit) (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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