subordinate clause

Noun

Singular subordinate clause

Plural subordinate clauses

1. (grammar) A subordinate clause is a clause inside another clause.
   • In the following sentences, the subordinate clause is underlined.

     I wonder if it will rain today.

     They wanted a promise that no one would be punished.

     That no one believed me was not a surprise.

     They saw nobody they knew.

     This has been going on for so long that it 's not even news anymore.