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subordinate clause Clause that is dependent on or modifies an element of a main clause.
Example:Subordinate clauses have a number of functions, e.g. the subject of a verb: That his car had broken down was obvious, the object of a verb: We knew that his car had broken down, the modifier of a noun (a relative clause): The car that had broken down could not be repaired.
Topics: Planning, Interpreting sentences, General linguistic terms