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Meaning of "dependent clause" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DEPENDENT CLAUSE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DEPENDENT CLAUSE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Dependent clause is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DEPENDENT CLAUSE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Dependent clause

In linguistics, a dependent clause is a clause that augments an independent clause with additional information, but which cannot stand alone as a sentence. Dependent clauses either modify the independent clause of a sentence or serve as a component of it. Some grammarians use the term subordinate clause as a synonym for dependent clause. Others use subordinate clause to refer only to adverbial dependent clauses. The different types of dependent clauses include noun clauses, relative clauses, and adverbial clauses.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DEPENDENT CLAUSE

depend
dependability
dependable
dependableness
dependably
dependance
dependancies
dependancy
dependant
dependence
dependencies
dependency
dependency allowance
dependency grammar
dependent
dependent variable
dependently
dependingly
depeople
deperm

WORDS THAT END LIKE DEPENDENT CLAUSE

acceleration clause
applause
arbitration clause
because
clause
escalation clause
escape clause
exclusion clause
final clause
grandfather clause
independent clause
main clause
noun clause
opt-out clause
penalty clause
relative clause
restrictive relative clause
saving clause
sub-clause
subordinate clause
sunset clause

Synonyms and antonyms of dependent clause in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «dependent clause» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DEPENDENT CLAUSE

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The translations of dependent clause from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «dependent clause» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

相关条款
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cláusula dependiente
570 millions of speakers

English

dependent clause
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

निर्भर खंड
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

فقرة تعتمد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

зависит положение
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cláusula dependente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নির্ভরশীল ধারা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

proposition subordonnée
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Klausa bergantung
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Nebensatz
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

従属節
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

따라 절
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Klausa gumantung
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mệnh đề phụ thuộc
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சார்புடைய விதிமுறை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आश्रित खंड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

bağlı cümle
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

clausola dipendente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

klauzula zależne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

залежить положення
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

clauza de dependente
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εξαρτάται από ρήτρα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

afhanklik klousule
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

beroende klausul
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

avhengig klausul
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of dependent clause

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DEPENDENT CLAUSE»

The term «dependent clause» is normally little used and occupies the 110.462 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DEPENDENT CLAUSE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about dependent clause

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DEPENDENT CLAUSE»

Discover the use of dependent clause in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dependent clause and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Writer's Digest Grammar Desk Reference
Pattern 2: independent clause + comma + nonrestrictive adverbial dependent clause + period. When the adverbial dependent clause follows the independent clause, you insert a comma between the clauses only if the adverbial clause is ...
Gary Lutz, Diane Stevenson, 2005
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Latin Grammar
The time adverbial consists of a dependent clause introduced by the conjunction ubi. This clause is dependent on its governing predicate, enuntiat, which at the same time is the main verb of the sentence. The direct object of the sentence, ...
Dirk G. J. Panhuis, 2006
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GMAT For Dummies
For example, in the sentence After the two companies merge, they'll need only one board of directors, the dependent clause in the sentence is after the two companies merge. The clause has a subject, companies, and a verb, merge, but it still ...
Zimmer Hatch, Scott Hatch, 2012
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The Writer's Workplace with Readings: Building College ...
The more important idea is in the independent clause, and the less important idea is in the dependent clause. The result is a complex sentence. Independent clause: We listened. Dependent clause: when she spoke Complex sentences: We ...
Sandra Scarry, John Scarry, 2010
5
Clause Linking and Clause Hierarchy: Syntax and pragmatics
... the database: ILL-scope: The scope of illocutionary operators in the main clause is CONJUNCT: extends to the main clause and the dependent clause DISJUNCT: extends to either the main or the dependent clause but never to both LOCAL: ...
Isabelle Bril, 2010
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The Athenadoran Library
16.2.33.2 What the dog had eaten is a noun dependent clause; it is the subject of the independent clause. 16.2.33.2.1 What is a relative pronoun introducing the clause; it is the subject of the clause and is in the nominative case. 16.2.33.2.2 ...
Athenadorus, 2008
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The Qualls Concise English Grammar
16.2.33.2 What the dog had eaten is a noun dependent clause; it is the subject of the independent clause. 16.2.33.2.1 What is a relative pronoun introducing the clause; it is the subject of the clause and is in the nominative case. 16.2.33.2.2 ...
Eduard J. Qualls, 2012
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Grammar Minutes, Gr. 6, eBook
Dr. Jean Feldman. Name. Circle either dependent clause or independent clause to describe the underlined words in each sentence. 1. Alaska entered the Union in 1959 as the 49th state. 2. Alaska is separated from the United States by ...
Dr. Jean Feldman, 2009
9
Excuse Me, Your Participle's Dangling!: How to Use Grammar ...
20 Chapter 2 Here are two examples of a phrase and a dependent clause using after, which could be either a subordinating conjunction or a preposition, depending on how it's used. Compare these sentences and see if you can tell the  ...
Catherine DePino, 2013
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Classroom Authoring, Grades 4-8: Guided Writing
independent clause subordinating conjunction dependent clause ... When the dependent clause comes first, Dependent Clause First: you must use a comma. subordinating conjunction dependent clause, independent clause ...
Jima Dunigan, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DEPENDENT CLAUSE»

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“And after all, why shouldn't we believe that? We are Americans”: the …
Obama's rhetorical technique is to throw an itsy bitsy bone at those who disagree (usually in the form of a short sentence or dependent clause), ... «National Right to Life News, Jun 15»
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Antonin Scalia lives in a fairy-tale world: His delusional Obamacare …
Even if the House were to decide to “fix” the ACA, which would require changing one dependent clause in a 2,700-page statute, it could not do ... «Salon, Jun 15»
3
Patients Can't Sell Medical Pot, Appeals Court Rules
Notably, the dependent clause [in the law] beginning with the word “if” is essential to the meaning of the rest of the sentence. If the first part of ... «Phoenix New Times, May 15»
4
Not all conjunctions are created equal
Without the ice cream, the phrase “it tastes like chemicals” has no reason to exist: It's part of a dependent clause, even though it is also a ... «Columbia Journalism Review, May 15»
5
Man in Pain
Actually, it was a reasonable reply, with an implied dependent clause. The clause was: "unless you go to the dentist." On Monday morning, the ... «Courthouse News Service, May 15»
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Jakob's Colours by Lindsay Hawdon review – the untold story of the …
... such as the Romany people who, when they're mentioned at all, are tacked on at the end of the roll call, restricted to a dependent clause. «The Guardian, May 15»
7
The Steve Scalise Comeback Tour
Scalise knows that, for the casual observer of American politics, his name now has a comma attached to it — with a dependent clause affixed ... «Roll Call, Apr 15»
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Literary discourse: Phrases, clauses and sentences [part two]
Dependent clause: a clause that cannot function as its own sentence. ... Elliptical clause: a type of dependent clause with a subject and a verb ... «GhanaWeb, Apr 15»
9
GOP Council slate looks like the real deal | What the Devil won't tell …
Can or will any of them say the following dependent clause "Under Jonathan Rothschild's leadership .." I tend to wonder because the Council ... «TucsonSentinel.com, Apr 15»
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Obama funds left-wing hit squad with your tax dollars
“They're looking at every dangling participle, every dependent clause, every semicolon, every quotation to see if there's some way it unfairly ... «WND.com, Mar 15»

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