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- DictionaryRelative clause
noun
- 1. a clause that is attached to an antecedent by a relative pronoun such as who, which, or that: "she is researching relative clauses in Basque"
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Grammatical structure in some languages
A relative clause is a clause that modifies a noun or noun phrase and uses some grammatical device to indicate that one of the arguments in the relative clause refers to the noun or noun phrase. For example, in the sentence I met a man who wasn't too sure of himself, the subordinate clause who wasn't too sure of himself is a relative clause since it modifies the noun man and uses the pronoun who t... Wikipedia