dependent clause

British  

noun

1. grammar another term for subordinate clause

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dependent clause Cultural  

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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dependent clause

Or you can combine the shorter sentences into a complex sentence with a dependent clause, as in the second example.

From Textbooks ● Dec. 21, 2021

Perhaps knowing the difference between a main clause and a dependent clause doesn’t matter so much so long as you can intuit the difference.

From The Guardian ● May 13, 2017

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

From An English Grammar by James Witt Sewell

While or any other subordinating conjunction introduces a dependent clause; a dependent clause is not a sentence; it can never stand alone.

From English: Composition and Literature by W. F. (William Franklin) Webster

The day spoken of is identified only by the dependent clause, which is therefore restrictive.

From A Foreword to the Panama-Pacific International Exposition by Juliet Helena Lumbard James