Subordinate Clause
nounid
135282·updated May 18, 2026verified
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 adverb
MWE
Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- dependent clause
- plural
- Subordinate Clauses
- possessive
- Subordinate Clause's
- pluralpossessive
- Subordinate Clauses'
Framework definitions
- §1
- 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 adverb
Outgoing relationships
No outgoing triples
This term is not the subject of any RDF-style relationship yet.
Incoming relationships
No incoming triples
No other term currently asserts a relationship to this one.