RELATIVE CLAUSE


Meaning of RELATIVE CLAUSE in English

a subordinate clause introduced by a relative pronoun, adjective, or adverb, either expressed or deleted, esp. such a clause modifying an antecedent, as who saw you in He's the man who saw you or ( that ) I wrote in Here's the letter ( that ) I wrote. Cf. definite relative clause, indefinite relative clause .

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