RELATIVE CLAUSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does relative clause mean? 

• RELATIVE CLAUSE (noun)
  The noun RELATIVE CLAUSE has 1 sense:

1. a clause introduced by a relative pronoun

  Familiarity information: RELATIVE CLAUSE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RELATIVE CLAUSE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A clause introduced by a relative pronoun

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Context example:

'who visits frequently' is a relative clause in the sentence 'John, who visits frequently, is ill'

Hypernyms ("relative clause" is a kind of...):

clause ((grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate functioning as a part of a complex sentence)