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DESCRIPTIVE CLAUSE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does descriptive clause mean?
• DESCRIPTIVE CLAUSE (noun)
The noun DESCRIPTIVE CLAUSE has 1 sense:
1. a subordinate clause that does not limit or restrict the meaning of the noun phrase it modifies
Familiarity information: DESCRIPTIVE CLAUSE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A subordinate clause that does not limit or restrict the meaning of the noun phrase it modifies
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
descriptive clause; nonrestrictive clause
Hypernyms ("descriptive clause" is a kind of...):
dependent clause; subordinate clause (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)
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