Definitions for relative clause
rel·a·tive clause

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1. relative clausenoun

   a clause introduced by a relative pronoun

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

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1. relative clausenoun

   A subordinate clause that modifies a noun.

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1. relative clause

   A relative clause is a type of subordinate clause that modifies a noun or noun phrase in a sentence, providing additional information about it. It often starts with relative pronouns like who, which, that, whom or whose, or relative adverbs such as when, where, or why. Depending on its function in the sentence, a relative clause can be either a restrictive (or essential) clause, which provides key identifying information needed to understand the sentence, or a nonrestrictive (or nonessential) clause, which provides extra information that can be removed without affecting the main meaning of the sentence.

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1. Relative clause

   A relative clause is a kind of subordinate clause, one of whose arguments shares a referent with a main clause element on which the subordinate clause is grammatically dependent. Most typically, a relative clause modifies a noun or noun phrase, and uses some grammatical device to indicate that one of the arguments within the relative clause has the same referent as that noun or noun phrase. For example, in the sentence I met a man who wasn't there, the subordinate clause who wasn't there is a relative clause, since it modifies the noun man, and uses the pronoun who to indicate that the same "man" is referred to within the subordinate clause. In many European languages, relative clauses are introduced by a special class of pronouns called relative pronouns; such as who in the example just given. In other languages, relative clauses may be marked in different ways: they may be introduced by a special class of conjunctions called relativizers; the main verb of the relative clause may appear in a special morphological variant; or a relative clause may be indicated by word order alone. In some languages, more than one of these mechanisms may be possible.

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How to pronounce relative clause?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say relative clause in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of relative clause in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of relative clause in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=relative clause
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Relative_Clause
3. ^ ChatGPT
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4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=relative clause