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subordinate clauses

subordinate clauses is the plural of subordinate clause.

Meaning of subordinate clause

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).

Questions about subordinate clauses

What is subordinate clauses the plural of?
Subordinate clauses is the plural of subordinate clause.

Words near subordinate clauses in the dictionary

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

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