INDEFINITE RELATIVE CLAUSE

Meaning of INDEFINITE RELATIVE CLAUSE in English

a relative clause with an indefinite relative pronoun as subordinating word, as what they said in We heard what they said.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

RELATIVE — adj relative (1. not absolute; 2. [Gram.]); pronomine relative relative pronoun; relative a relating to, relative to
Interlingua English vocab
INDEFINITE — adj indefinite; articulo indefinite [Gram.] indefinite article
Interlingua English vocab
CLAUSE — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) commerce clause establishment clause {{link=grandfather clause">grandfather clause
Английский словарь Британика
RELATIVE — I. ˈreləd.iv, -ətiv noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French relatif (adjective) or Late Latin relativus (adjective) …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
INDEFINITE — I. (ˈ)in+, ən, (ˈ)in+ adjective Etymology: Latin indefinitus, from in- in- (I) + definitus, past participle of definire to limit, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CLAUSE — ˈklȯz noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, clause, from Medieval Latin clausa close (of a rhetorical …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
INDEFINITE — (a.) Having no determined or certain limits; large and unmeasured, though not infinite; unlimited; as indefinite space; the indefinite extension …
Английский словарь Webster
INDEFINITE — (a.) Not definite; not limited, defined, or specified; not explicit; not determined or fixed upon; not precise; uncertain; vague; confused; …
Английский словарь Webster
INDEFINITE — ( a. ) Not definite; not limited, defined, or specified; not explicit; not determined or fixed upon; not precise; uncertain; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
INDEFINITE — ( a. ) Having no determined or certain limits; large and unmeasured, though not infinite; unlimited; as indefinite space; the …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
RELATIVE — /rel"euh tiv/ , n. 1. a person who is connected with another or others by blood or marriage. 2. something …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
INDEFINITE — — indefinitely , adv. — indefiniteness , n. /in def"euh nit/ , adj. 1. not definite; without fixed or specified …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
RELATIVE — I. ˈre-lə-tiv noun Date: 14th century 1. : a word referring grammatically to an antecedent 2. : a thing having …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
INDEFINITE — adjective Etymology: Latin indefinitus, from in- + definitus definite Date: 1530 : not definite: as a. : typically designating an …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
RELATIVE — adj indicating or expressing relation; refering to an antecedent; as, a relative pronoun. 2. relative ·adj arising from relation; resulting …
Webster English vocab
INDEFINITE — adj boundless; infinite. 2. indefinite ·adj too numerous or variable to make a particular enumeration important; said of the …
Webster English vocab
CLAUSE — noun ·see letters clause / close, under letter. 2. clause ·noun a subordinate portion or a subdivision of a sentence …
Webster English vocab
INDEFINITE — [in.def.i.nite] adj [L indefinitus, fr. in- + definitus definite] (1530): not definite: as a: typically designating an unidentified, generic, or …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
RELATIVE — relative BrE AmE ˈrel ət ɪv AmE \ -ət̬ ɪv ▷ relative|ly li ▷ relative|ness nəs nɪs ▷ relative|s z …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
INDEFINITE — indefinite BrE AmE ɪn ˈdef ə n‿ət ˌɪn-, -ɪn-, -ɪt ▷ indefinite|ly li ▷ indefinite|ness nəs nɪs ▶ in ˌ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
RELATIVE — / ˈrelətɪv; NAmE / adjective , noun ■ adjective ( formal ) 1. considered and judged by being compared with …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
INDEFINITE — / ɪnˈdefɪnət; NAmE / adjective 1. lasting for a period of time that has no fixed end : She will …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CLAUSE — / klɔːz; NAmE / noun 1. ( grammar ) a group of words that includes a subject and a verb, …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
RELATIVE — I. rel ‧ a ‧ tive 1 S3 W3 /ˈrelətɪv/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Word Family: noun : ↑ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
INDEFINITE — in ‧ def ‧ i ‧ nite AC /ɪnˈdef ə nət, ɪnˈdef ə nɪt/ BrE AmE adjective [ Word Family: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CLAUSE — clause AC /klɔːz $ klɒːz/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: Medieval Latin …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
RELATIVE — adj. & n. --adj. 1 considered or having significance in relation to something else (relative velocity). 2 (foll. by to) …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
INDEFINITE — adj. 1 vague, undefined. 2 unlimited. 3 Gram. not determining the person, thing, time, etc., referred to. øindefinite article see …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
RELATIVE — adj. & n. adj. 1 considered or having significance in relation to something else (relative velocity). 2 (foll. by to) …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
INDEFINITE — adj. 1 vague, undefined. 2 unlimited. 3 Gram. not determining the person, thing, time, etc., referred to. indefinite article see …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
RELATIVE — adj. & n. --adj. 1. considered or having significance in relation to something else (relative velocity). 2 (foll. by to) …
Oxford English vocab
INDEFINITE — adj.1 vague, undefined. 2 unlimited. 3 Gram. not determining the person, thing, time, etc., referred to. Phrases and idioms: indefinite …
Oxford English vocab
RELATIVE — ( relatives) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Your relatives are the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
INDEFINITE — 1. If you describe a situation or period as indefinite , you mean that people have not decided when it …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CLAUSE — ( clauses) 1. A clause is a section of a legal document. He has a clause in his contract which …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
RELATIVE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a relative/comparative lack of sth ▪ There is a relative lack of research into …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
INDEFINITE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CLAUSE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a clause/provision in the constitution (= a rule or condition in it ) ▪ The …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
RELATIVE — [adjective] [not gradable] [formal]If something is relative to a particular subject, it is connected with it.The documents are relative to …
Cambridge English vocab
INDEFINITE — [adjective] - not exact; not clear; without clear limitsThe project has been postponed for an indefinite period due to a …
Cambridge English vocab
CLAUSE — (LEGAL DOCUMENT) [noun] [C] [specialized] - a particular part of a written legal document, for example a law passed by …
Cambridge English vocab
CLAUSE — n. commerce clause establishment clause establishment of religion clause grandfather clause
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
RELATIVE — Synonyms and related words : affiliated, affinitive, agnate, allied, analogical, analogous, ancestry, appertaining, applicable, approximate, apropos, associated, associative, aunt, blood, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
CLAUSE — Synonyms and related words : adjectival phrase, article, back matter, bill, book, boundary condition, calendar, catch, chapter, column, companion bills …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
INDEFINITE — adj. Function: adjective 1 having no exact limits FF1C; a region with indefinite boundaries FF1E; Synonyms: indeterminate, indistinct, inexact, undeterminable …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
INDEFINITE — adjective 1. having no exact limits a region with indefinite boundaries Synonyms: indeterminate, indistinct, inexact, undeterminable Related Word: unclear, undefined, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
INDEFINITE — adj. Indefinite is used with these nouns: ↑ article , ↑ detention , ↑ duration , ↑ future , ↑ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
CLAUSE — noun 1 in a legal document ADJECTIVE ▪ confidentiality , indemnity , penalty ▪ The penalty ~ specifies that late …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
RELATIVE — n. 25B6; adjective the relative importance of each factor : COMPARATIVE, respective, comparable, correlative, parallel, corresponding. the food required is …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
INDEFINITE — adj. 25B6; adjective an indefinite period : INDETERMINATE, unspecified, unlimited, unrestricted, undecided, undetermined, undefined, unfixed, unsettled, unknown, uncertain; limitless, infinite, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
RELATIVE — adj. 1 related, connected, associated, allied, affiliated, interconnected, interrelated, pertinent, relevant, germane, applicable; apropos Your comments are not relative to …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
INDEFINITE — adj. 1 uncertain, undetermined, undefined, imprecise, inexact, inexplicit, unspecified, unsettled, unfixed, unspecific, non-specific, vague, general, indeterminate, undecided, sub judice The …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
RELATIVE — 1. сущ. 1) родственник; родственница blood relative ≈ кровный родственник close relative ≈ близкий родственник distant relative ≈ дальний родственник …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
INDEFINITE — прил. 1) неопределенный (тж. грам.); неясный Syn : vague 2) неограниченный, бесконечный, безграничный неопределенный, неясный - * answer неопределенный ответ …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CLAUSE — 1. сущ. 1) статья, пункт, условие; параграф, пункт; оговорка, клаузула (договорного документа) to include a clause ≈ вносить оговорку (в …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
RELATIVE — relative.ogg 1. ʹrelətıv n 1. родственник; родственница 2. грам. относительное местоимение 2. ʹrelətıv a 1. 1> относительный, соотносительный relative position …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
INDEFINITE — indefinite.ogg ınʹdef(ə)nıt a 1. 1> неопределённый, неясный indefinite answer - неопределённый ответ indefinite promises - туманные обещания indefinite language - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
CLAUSE — clause.ogg 1. klɔ:z n 1. статья, пункт, условие; оговорка, клаузула ( договора, контракта, завещания ) compromissary clause - юр. арбитражная …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
RELATIVE — 1) взаимный 2) индекс 3) относительное число 4) относительный 5) по отношению 6) релятивный 7) родич 8) связанный 9) сравнительный 10) удельный • chain [link] relative — цепное отношение complement relative to …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
INDEFINITE — 1) бесконечен 2) бесконечный 3) бессрочный 4) индефинитный 5) неограниченный 6) неопределенный • indefinite [indeterminate] form — неопределенная форма; неопределенность indefinite time lag — зависимая выдержка времени method of …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
CLAUSE — 1) статья; пункт 2) условие 3) грам. предложение • - answering clause - average clause - basis clause - center clause - closed clause - conditional clause - describing clause - …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
RELATIVE — relative сущ.1) родственник; родственница blood relative — кровный родственник close relative — близкий родственник distant relative — дальний родственник one's …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
RELATIVE — 1. ʹrelətıv n 1. родственник; родственница 2. грам. относительное местоимение 2. ʹrelətıv a 1. 1> относительный, соотносительный relative position - …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
INDEFINITE — a 1. 1> неопределённый, неясный indefinite answer - неопределённый ответ indefinite promises - туманные обещания indefinite language - нечёткая формулировка …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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