RELATIVE CLAUSE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A clause introduced by a relative pronoun

Example:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

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

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

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