dependent clause
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a clause in a complex sentence that cannot stand alone as a complete sentence and that functions within the sentence as a noun or adjective or adverb
Types & categories
- clause hypernym
- restrictive clause hyponym
- nonrestrictive clause hyponym
Parts & wholes
- complex sentence part holonym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | complex sentence |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | clause |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | restrictive clause |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | nonrestrictive clause |