a construction that can be used to extend the meaning of a word or phrase but is not one of the main constituents of a sentence
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Relative clause
a clause introduced by a relative pronoun; "‘who visits frequently’ is a relative clause in the sentence ‘John, who visits frequently, is ill’"
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(grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate functioning as a part of a complex sentence
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Linguistics, Sentence structure, Clauses and phrases, Syntax.a word or phrase used to complete a grammatical construction
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.a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit; "I concluded from his awkward construction…
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.a clause in a complex sentence that cannot stand alone as a complete sentence and that functions within the sentence as a noun or adje…
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.a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit; "I concluded from his awkward construction…
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.a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply; "he asked a direct question"; "he had trouble phrasing his interrogations"
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Linguistics, Sentence structure, Syntax.an ungrammatical constituent
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Linguistics, Sentence structure, 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.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.(grammar) a constituent that is acted upon; "the object of the verb"
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Linguistics, Sentence structure, Syntax.the object that receives the direct action of the verb
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Later in time; subsequent; as, after supper, after three days. It often precedes a clause. Formerly that was interposed between it and…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: clause, introduced, relative, pronoun, visits.A repetition of the last word or any prominent word in a sentence or clause, at the beginning of the next, with an adjunct idea; as, "…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: clause, introduced, relative, pronoun, visits.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, introduced, relative, pronoun, visits.the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: clause, introduced, relative, pronoun, visits.A rhetorical figure resulting from a reverted arrangement in the last clause of a sentence of the two principal words of the clause pr…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: clause, introduced, relative, pronoun, visits.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, introduced, relative, pronoun, visits.One of the forms, or the inflections or changes of form, of a noun, pronoun, or adjective, which indicate its relation to other words,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: clause, introduced, relative, pronoun, visits.To apply the rules of syntax to (a sentence or clause) so as to exhibit the structure, arrangement, or connection of, or to discover t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: clause, introduced, relative, pronoun, visits.(of a clause) unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence; "a subordinate (or dependent) clause functions as a noun or…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: clause, introduced, relative, pronoun, visits.To pronounce sentence or judgment on; to condemn; to consign by a decree or sentence; to sentence; as, a criminal doomed to chains or…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: clause, introduced, relative, pronoun, visits.A figure of speech in which the parts of a sentence or clause are repeated in inverse order
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: clause, introduced, relative, pronoun, visits.Any one; the man or person; -- used indefinitely, and usually followed by a relative pronoun.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: clause, introduced, relative, pronoun, visits.
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