subordinate clause

n. See dependent clause.

subordinate clause

n (Grammar) grammar a clause with an adjectival, adverbial, or nominal function, rather than one that functions as a separate sentence in its own right. Compare coordinate clause, main clause

subor′dinate clause′

n. a clause that modifies the principal clause or some part of it or that serves a noun function in the principal clause, as when she arrived in the sentence I was there when she arrived or that she has arrived in the sentence I doubt that she has arrived. Compare main clause.

Thesaurus

Noun

subordinate clause - a clause in a complex sentence that cannot stand alone as a complete sentence and that functions within the sentence as a noun or adjective or adverbdependent clausecomplex sentence - a sentence composed of at least one main clause and one subordinate clauseclause - (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentencerestrictive clause - a subordinate clause that limits or restricts the meaning of the noun phrase it modifiesdescriptive clause, nonrestrictive clause - a subordinate clause that does not limit or restrict the meaning of the noun phrase it modifies

Translations

从句

subordinate

(səˈboːdinət) adjective lower in rank, power, importance etc. A colonel is subordinate to a brigadier.下级的 noun a person who is subordinate. to give orders to one's subordinates.部下subordinate clause a clause introduced in a sentence by a conjunction etc, and acting as a noun, adjective or adverb. I don't know who she is; The book that's on the table is mine; She's crying because you were unkind. （语法）从句

subordinate clause