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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)

  1. 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).

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

pluralsubordinate clauses

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

  1. subordinances
  2. subordinancy
  3. subordinaries
  4. subordinary
  5. subordinate
  6. subordinate clause
  7. subordinate clauses
  8. subordinate court
  9. subordinate courts
  10. subordinate legislation
  11. subordinate legislations

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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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