Conjoined; attending; consequent.
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Dependent clause
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
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A separate portion of a written paper, paragraph, or sentence; an article, stipulation, or proviso, in a legal document.
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Linguistics, Sentence structure, Clauses and phrases, Syntax.That which fills up or completes; the quantity or number required to fill a thing or make it complete.
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Linguistics, Sentence structure, Syntax.Serving to form, compose, or make up; elemental; component.
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Linguistics, Sentence structure, Syntax.The process or art of constructing; the act of building; erection; the act of devising and forming; fabrication; composition.
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Linguistics, Sentence structure, Syntax.a clause in a complex sentence that is grammatically equivalent to the main clause and that performs the same grammatical function
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Linguistics, Sentence structure, Clauses and phrases, Syntax.the object that receives the direct action of the verb
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Linguistics, Sentence structure, Syntax.The act of expressing; the act of forcing out by pressure; as, the expression of juices or oils; also, of extorting or eliciting; as,…
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Linguistics, Sentence structure, Syntax.(grammar) a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger grammatical construction
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Linguistics, Sentence structure, Syntax.the object that is the recipient or beneficiary of the action of the verb
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Linguistics, Sentence structure, Syntax.The act of interrogating or questioning; examination by questions; inquiry.
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Linguistics, Sentence structure, Syntax.Erroneous construction; wrong interpretation.
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Linguistics, Sentence structure, Syntax.Of or pertaining to a name or names; having to do with the literal meaning of a word; verbal; as, a nominal definition.
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Linguistics, Sentence structure, Clauses and phrases, Syntax.a phrase that can function as the subject or object of a verb
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Linguistics, Sentence structure, Clauses and phrases, Syntax.a phrase that can function as the subject or object of a verb
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Linguistics, Sentence structure, Clauses and phrases, Syntax.To set before or against; to bring into opposition; to oppose.
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Linguistics, Sentence structure, Syntax.the object that receives the direct action of the verb
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Linguistics, Sentence structure, Syntax.Of the nature of a parenthesis; pertaining to, or expressed in, or as in, a parenthesis; as, a parenthetical clause; a parenthetic rem…
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Of or relating to the relating to the adjective; of the nature of an adjective; adjective.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: clause, complex, sentence, cannot, stand.Added to a substantive as an attribute; of the nature of an adjunct; as, an adjective word or sentence.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: clause, complex, sentence, cannot, stand.A word used to modify the sense of a verb, participle, adjective, or other adverb, and usually placed near it; as, he writes well; pap…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: clause, complex, sentence, cannot, stand.Of or pertaining to an adverb; of the nature of an adverb; as, an adverbial phrase or form.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: clause, complex, sentence, cannot, stand.Next; later in time; subsequent; succeeding; as, an after period of life.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: clause, complex, sentence, cannot, stand.A particle which expresses the relation of connection or addition. It is used to conjoin a word with a word, a clause with a clause, o…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: clause, complex, sentence, cannot, stand.An antithesis in which the members are repeated in inverse order.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: clause, complex, sentence, cannot, stand.The consequent clause or conclusion in a conditional sentence, expressing the result, and thus distinguished from the protasis or clau…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: clause, complex, sentence, cannot, stand.Attributing; pertaining to, expressing, or assigning an attribute; of the nature of an attribute.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: clause, complex, sentence, cannot, stand.A box, sheath, or covering; as, a case for holding goods; a case for spectacles; the case of a watch; the case (capsule) of a cartridg…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: clause, complex, sentence, cannot, stand.Of or pertaining to comparison.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: clause, complex, sentence, cannot, stand.the comparative form of an adjective or adverb; "‘faster’ is the comparative of the adjective ‘fast’"; "‘less famous’ is the comparati…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: clause, complex, sentence, cannot, stand.
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