Dictionary


subor'dinate clause'



Gram.
a clause that modifies the principal clause or some part of it or that serves a noun function in the principal clause, as when she arrived in the sentence I was there when she arrived or that she has arrived in the sentence I doubt that she has arrived. Cf. main clause.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

subordinatesubordinated
See also:

Related Content