subclause en · NOUN
Etymology
From sub- + clause.
Meanings
- A subordinate clause.
- A subsidiary clause in a legal contract etc.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| subclauses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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subclause en · VERB
Etymology
From sub- + clause.
Meanings
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(transitive) To qualify with a subclause.
In a light dry style, free from academic subclausing, the ever-acute Smith gets right into the minutiae of these communities - who is growing what and why - and how it affects the neighbours.
2002, New Scientist, volume 176, numbers 2367-2375, page 57:However, in their execution, they can be too exacting, too demanding, creating a practicality monster that rampages through German society in its high-visibility jacket, measuring, judging, clausing, subclausing, contracting, securing, […]
2016, Adam Fletcher, How to be German - Part 2: in 50 new steps:Too many serious reviews are subclaused, hyperbolic conscious, egotistical and self-indulgent, not to mention boring.
1970, Yale/Theatre, volumes 3-4, page 86:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| subclaused | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| subclaused | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| subclausing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| subclauses | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |