Subclause
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Subclause is a noun meaning (grammar) A subordinate clause.
Meaning
(grammar) A subordinate clause.
More Meanings
- A subsidiary clause in a legal contract etc.
- (transitive) To qualify with a subclause.
Example Sentences
Too many serious reviews are subclaused, hyperbolic conscious, egotistical and self-indulgent, not to mention boring.
In a light dry style, free from academic subclausing, the ever-acute Smith gets right into the minutiae of these communities - who is growing what and why - and how it affects the neighbours.
However, in their execution, they can be too exacting, too demanding, creating a practicality monster that rampages through German society in its high-visibility jacket, measuring, judging, clausing, subclausing, contracting, securing, […]
Word Forms
- subclauses
- subclausing
- subclaused
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include member, subpredicate, subfamily, subclan, sublineage, subaltern.
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