ALL meanings of subordinate clause
sub·or·di·nate clause
S s - noun subordinate 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 subordinate clause grammatically dependent phrase 1
- countable noun subordinate clause A subordinate clause is a clause in a sentence which adds to or completes the information given in the main clause. It cannot usually stand alone as a sentence. Compare main clause. 0
- noun subordinate clause a clause with an adjectival, adverbial, or nominal function, rather than one that functions as a separate sentence in its own right 0
- noun subordinate clause dependent clause 0