ALL meanings of dependent clause
de·pend·ent clause
D d - noun dependent clause a clause that cannot function syntactically as a complete sentence by itself but has a nominal, adjectival, or adverbial function within a larger sentence; subordinate clause (Ex.: She will visit us if she can.) 3
- noun dependent clause 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. 1
- noun dependent clause (grammar) A subordinate clause. 0