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Meaning of "restrictive clause" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF RESTRICTIVE CLAUSE

restrictive clause  [rɪˈstrɪktɪv klɔːz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RESTRICTIVE CLAUSE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Restrictive 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 RESTRICTIVE CLAUSE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Restrictiveness

In semantics, a modifier is said to be restrictive if it restricts the reference of its head. For example, in "the red car is fancier than the blue one", red and blue are restrictive, because they restrict which cars car and one are referring to. By contrast, in "John's beautiful mother", beautiful is non-restrictive; "John's mother" identifies her sufficiently, while "beautiful" only serves to add more information. Restrictive modifiers are also called defining, identifying, essential, or necessary; non-restrictive ones are also called non-defining, non-identifying, descriptive, or unnecessary. In certain cases, generally when restrictiveness is marked syntactically through the lack of commas, restrictive modifiers are called integrated and non-restrictive ones are called non-integrated or supplementary.

Definition of restrictive clause in the English dictionary

The definition of restrictive clause in the dictionary is a relative clause that restricts the number of possible referents of its antecedent. The relative clause in Americans who live in New York is restrictive.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RESTRICTIVE CLAUSE


applause
əˈplɔːz
Azores
əˈzɔːz
cause
kɔːz
chores
tʃɔːz
clause
klɔːz
Doors
dɔːz
drawers
drɔːz
gauze
ɡɔːz
in-laws
ˈɪnˌlɔːz
indoors
ˌɪnˈdɔːz
jaws
dʒɔːz
Lawes
lɔːz
menopause
ˈmɛnəʊˌpɔːz
Mors
mɔːz
outdoors
ˌaʊtˈdɔːz
pause
pɔːz
scores
skɔːz
shores
ʃɔːz
stores
stɔːz
yours
jɔːz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RESTRICTIVE CLAUSE

restrict
restricted
restricted area
restricted code
restricted currency
restricted users group
restrictedly
restrictedness
restriction
restriction enzyme
restriction fragment
restrictionism
restrictionist
restrictive
restrictive covenant
restrictive practice
restrictive relative clause
restrictively
restrictiveness
restrike

WORDS THAT END LIKE RESTRICTIVE CLAUSE

acceleration clause
arbitration clause
because
dependent clause
escalation clause
escape clause
exclusion clause
final clause
grandfather clause
indemnity 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 restrictive clause in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «restrictive clause» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RESTRICTIVE CLAUSE

Find out the translation of restrictive clause to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of restrictive 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 «restrictive clause» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

限制性条款
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cláusula restrictiva
570 millions of speakers

English

restrictive clause
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

प्रतिबंधात्मक खंड
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

شرط تقييدي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ограничительный пункт
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cláusula restritiva
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রতিবন্ধকামূলক ধারা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

clause restrictive
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Klausa yang ketat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Sperrklausel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

制限条項
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

제한 조항
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Klausa mbatesi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

điều khoản hạn chế
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கட்டுப்பாட்டு விதி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रतिबंधात्मक खंड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tanımlayıcı cümlecik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

clausola restrittiva
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

klauzula ograniczająca
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

обмежувальний пункт
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

clauză restrictivă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

περιοριστική ρήτρα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

beperkende klousule
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

begränsande klausul
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

begrensende klausul
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of restrictive clause

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RESTRICTIVE CLAUSE»

The term «restrictive clause» is used very little and occupies the 165.061 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RESTRICTIVE CLAUSE» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RESTRICTIVE CLAUSE»

Discover the use of restrictive clause in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to restrictive clause and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Generic Book
Recall Diesing's Slogan, "Material in the VP is mapped into the nuclear scope, material outside of the VP is mapped into the restrictive clause." This procedure ( properly formalized) splits a sentence into two parts when it is mapped into a ...
Gregory N. Carlson, Francis Jeffry Pelletier, 1995
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Cognitive English Grammar
In this way the speaker indicates that the characterising event described in the non-restrictive clause is meant as a parenthetical aside. This intonation pattern differs strongly from the uninterrupted intonation flow of restrictive relative clauses .
Günter Radden, René Dirven, 2007
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The American Heritage Book of English Usage: A Practical and ...
Thus, in the sentence The house that Jack built has been torn down, the clause that Jack built is a restrictive clause telling which specific house was torn down. Similarly, in I am looking for a book that is easy to read, the restrictive clause that is ...
Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries, 1996
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Cengage Advantage Books: Business Law Today: The Essentials
NA included a restrictive clause on its disks and on its Internet download page— but not in its license agreement that accompanied its products. The restrictive clause provided that anyone installing the Gauntlet software accepted the terms and ...
Roger Miller, Gaylord Jentz, 2007
5
Persian Grammar: History and State of Its Study
It has been suggested by Palmer (1970: 75) that the non-restrictive clause is to be derived from an underlying coordinate clause; e.g., he would analyze a non- restrictive clause from a coordinate clause as follows: coordinate: mard-e mosenn-i ...
Gernot Windfuhr, 1979
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Essentials of Mastering English: A Concise Grammar
... (non-restrictive) A restrictive relative clause is a DEP in relation to its antecedent, whereas a non-restrictive clause, which is always marked orthographical ly or intona- tionally as a separate information unit, is best analysed as an adverbial.
Carl Bache, 2000
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Quantification in Natural Languages
suggested above, I intend to treat presuppositions of definite gerunds as having been copied into a restrictive clause. An example is (41), where the descriptive content of a POSS-ing gerund is presupposed, and so is able to form a restrictive  ...
Emmon W. Bach, 1995
8
The Syntactic Phenomena of English
This second edition of James D. McCawley's classic textbook offers in one volume a complete course in the syntactic structure of English.
James D. McCawley, 1998
9
Clause Structure in South Asian Languages
I have argued (McCawley 1981, 1988) that the relation of a nonrestrictive clause in English to its host sentence is anaphoric: the two Ss correspond to separate illocutionary acts, with the relative expression of the non-restrictive clause being ...
Veneeta Dayal, Anoop Mahajan, 2007
10
No Grammar Tears 2: Marthus-Adden Zimboiant
In contrast, concerning who and whom, it depends on what you mean—either you mean a restrictive clause or non-restrictive clause. Beware! Why we should differentiate Restrictive Clauses from Non-Restrictive Clauses In point of fact, ...
Marthus-Adden Zimboiant, 2013

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RESTRICTIVE CLAUSE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term restrictive clause is used in the context of the following news items.
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Contract of service and restrictive covenants
Companies have certain trade secrets which are supposed to be protected, so there is a need to incorporate the restrictive clause in the service contracts so that ... «Lexology, Feb 14»
2
Contractors' Questions: What if I breach a restrictive clause?
Contractor's Question: I have a contract with a recruitment agency to work as a freelancer for one year at an organisation, but I will most likely want to leave the ... «Contractor UK, Aug 10»
3
Restrictive Covenants Stubbornly Stay on the Books
In Westchester County, N.Y., where restrictive clauses in deeds were once commonplace, some title companies simply suppress them during title searches. «New York Times, Apr 05»

REFERENCE
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