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nonrestrictive clause — noun a subordinate clause that does not limit or restrict the meaning of the noun phrase it modifies • Syn: ↑descriptive clause • Hypernyms: ↑subordinate clause, ↑dependent clause * * * noun : a descriptive clause that adds information but is so… … Useful english dictionary
nonrestrictive clause — noun Date: 1916 a descriptive clause that is not essential to the definiteness of the meaning of the word it modifies (as who is retired in “my father, who is retired, does volunteer work”) … New Collegiate Dictionary
nonrestrictive — [nän΄ri strik′tiv] adj. 1. not restrictive 2. Gram. designating a modifier, as a word, phrase, or subordinate clause, that does not limit the reference of the word or phrase it modifies but merely adds information and thus is not essential to the … English World dictionary
nonrestrictive — /ˈnɒnrəstrɪktɪv/ (say nonruhstriktiv) adjective 1. not restrictive or limiting: nonrestrictive practices. 2. Grammar (of a word or clause) purely descriptive rather than limiting in its application to the sentence element it modifies. Mrs Owen,… …
nonrestrictive — non•re•stric•tive [[t]ˌnɒn rɪˈstrɪk tɪv[/t]] adj. 1) not restrictive 2) gram. pertaining to a word, phrase, or clause that describes or supplements a modified element but is not essential in establishing its identity, as the relative clause which … From formal English to slang
nonrestrictive — adjective not limiting the reference of a modified word or phrase the nonrestrictive clause in I always buy his books, which have influenced me greatly, refers to his books generally and adds an additional fact about them • Similar to:… … Useful english dictionary
clause — n. group of words with a subject and predicate 1) a conditional; dependent, subordinate; independent, main; nonrestrictive; relative; restrictive; verbless clause provision article 2) (esp. AE) a grandfather clause ( a clause that exempts those… … Combinatory dictionary
restrictive clause — noun a subordinate clause that limits or restricts the meaning of the noun phrase it modifies • Hypernyms: ↑subordinate clause, ↑dependent clause * * * noun : an adjective clause so closely attached to its noun as to be essential to the… … Useful english dictionary
dependent clause — noun 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 • Syn: ↑subordinate clause • Hypernyms: ↑clause • Hyponyms: ↑restrictive clause,… … Useful english dictionary
subordinate clause — noun 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 • Syn: ↑dependent clause • Hypernyms: ↑clause • Hyponyms: ↑restrictive clause,… … Useful english dictionary
