ALL meanings of main clause
main clause
M m - noun main clause grammatically independent phrase 1
- noun main clause a clause that can stand alone as a sentence, containing a subject and a predicate with a finite verb, as I was there in the sentence I was there when he arrived. 1
- noun main clause (grammar) A clause that can stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence and contains at least a subject and a verb. 0
- countable noun main clause A main clause is a clause that can stand alone as a complete sentence. Compare subordinate clause. 0
- noun main clause a clause that can stand alone as a sentence 0
- noun main clause independent clause 0