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dependent clause

noun

  1. grammar another term for subordinate clause
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


dependent clause

  1. A clause that does not stand alone as a sentence but depends on another clause to complete its meaning: “ When I get my braces off , I will be very happy.” Dependent clauses are also known as subordinate clauses. ( Compare independent clause .)


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Example Sentences

When a sentence is introduced by a participial phrase or a dependent clause it is in part or wholly periodic.

If the sentence last quoted were inverted, a comma would be placed after the dependent clause.

After a verb of wishing, the subjunctive is regularly used in the dependent clause.

Subordinate, joining a subordinate or dependent clause to a principal or independent clause.

A subordinate or dependent clause is one which makes a statement depending upon or modifying some word in the principal clause.

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