A subordinate clause. See clause.

clause that can not stand alone as a sentence and must be combined with an independent clause. Independent Clause example: The hobo passed through town unnoticed. Dependent Clause example: As the hobo passed through town... See for more information: Guide to Grammar and Style Dependent vs. Independent Clauses

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

a clause that cannot stand on its own as a sentence

a clause that has a subject and a verb, but, by itself, does not express a complete thought

a group if two or more grammatically linked words

a group of two or more grammatically linked words

a group of words containing a subject and a predicate and depending upon some other word in the sentence for its meaning

a group of words that contain a subject and a verb, but does not stand alone as a complete thought

a group of words that contains a subject and predicate

a group of words that contains a subject and verb but does not express a complete thought

a group of words with a subject and verb that cannot stand alone

a group of words with a subject and verb that depends on the main clause to give it meaning

a phrase in your sentence that can't stand on its own and that you could leave out and still have the sentence read correctly

a word group that contains a subject and verb pair but that cannot stand alone as a complete sentence

a word group that contains both a subject and a verb but cannot stand on its own because it begins with a subordinating word such as because, since, although, which, or that

A clause that cannot stand alone as a sentence because it depends on the main clause to complete the meaning of the sentence. Also called subordinate clause e.g. Meggy is going home after she finishes her proposal.

See subordinate clause.

A group of words that includes a subject and verb but is subordinate to an independent clause in a sentence. Dependent clauses begin with either a subordinating conjunction, such as if, because, since, or a relative pronoun, such as who, which, that. When it gets dark, we'll find a restaurant that has music.

A clause is said to be Dependent when it cannot logically stand on its own and must seek further information to establish the full meaning: e.g., while I was driving home. This clause provides adverbial 'time' info but doesn't include a subject which must be housed in an Independent clause.

A dependent clause (or subordinate clause) cannot stand alone as a sentence. In itself, a dependent clause does not express a complete thought; therefore, it is usually attached to an independent clause. Although a dependent clause contains a subject and a predicate, it sounds incomplete when standing alone.