main clause


nounGrammar.
  1. a clause that can stand alone as a sentence, containing a subject and a predicate with a finite verb, as I was there in the sentence I was there when he arrived.

  • Also called in·de·pend·ent clause .

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main clause

noun
  1. grammar a clause that can stand alone as a sentence: Compare subordinate clause

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