subordinate clause
Noun
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Noun
subordinate clause (plural subordinate clauses)
- (grammar) A clause that cannot stand alone as a sentence, but functions as either a noun, adjective or adverb in a sentence.
- "If they live long enough" in "If they live long enough, Samuel and Milady will visit all the countries in the world." is a subordinate clause.
- French: proposition subordonnée, subordonnée
- German: Nebensatz
- Portuguese: oração subordinada
- Russian: прида́точное предложе́ние
- Spanish: oración subordinada
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