subordinate clauses

A form of subordinate clause — A clause that cannot stand alone as a sentence but rather functions as a noun, adjective, or adverb within a sentence, having been cued by any of various introductory words that subordinate it (complementize it).

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of subordinate clause
Cite this entry
APA

subordinate clauses. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subordinate%20clauses

MLA

“subordinate clauses.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subordinate%20clauses. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “subordinate clauses,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subordinate%20clauses.

Source: subordinate clauses on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.