"impersonal subject" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: impersonal subjects [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} impersonal subject (plural impersonal subjects)
  1. a pronoun such as it used as the subject of a clause involving weather, distance, or time Translations (pronoun when used as subject): loos onderwerp [neuter] (Dutch)

Inflected forms

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