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{
"form": "main clauses",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
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"Entry maintenance"
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},
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"name": "Grammar",
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"Social sciences",
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"Sciences",
"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
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}
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"A clause that can stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence and contains at least a subject and a verb."
],
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"grammar",
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],
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"syntactically"
],
[
"sentence",
"sentence"
],
[
"subject",
"subject"
],
[
"verb",
"verb"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(grammar) A clause that can stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence and contains at least a subject and a verb."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "independent clause"
},
{
"word": "coordinate clause"
},
{
"word": "matrix clause"
}
],
"topics": [
"grammar",
"human-sciences",
"linguistics",
"sciences"
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "grammar: clause that can stand alone syntactically",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pennlavarenn"
},
{
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "grammar: clause that can stand alone syntactically",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lavarenn dizalc'h"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "grammar: clause that can stand alone syntactically",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "oració principal"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhǔyào fēnjù",
"sense": "grammar: clause that can stand alone syntactically",
"word": "主要分句"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhǔjù",
"sense": "grammar: clause that can stand alone syntactically",
"word": "主句"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "grammar: clause that can stand alone syntactically",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "hovedsætning"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "grammar: clause that can stand alone syntactically",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hoofdzin"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "grammar: clause that can stand alone syntactically",
"word": "päälause"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "grammar: clause that can stand alone syntactically",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "proposition principale"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "mtavari c̣inadadeba",
"sense": "grammar: clause that can stand alone syntactically",
"word": "მთავარი წინადადება"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "grammar: clause that can stand alone syntactically",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Hauptsatz"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "grammar: clause that can stand alone syntactically",
"word": "főmondat"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "grammar: clause that can stand alone syntactically",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "aðalsetning"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "grammar: clause that can stand alone syntactically",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "príomhchlásal"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "grammar: clause that can stand alone syntactically",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "proposizione principale"
},
{
"alt": "しゅぶん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "jūbun",
"sense": "grammar: clause that can stand alone syntactically",
"word": "主文"
},
{
"alt": "しゅせつ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shusetsu",
"sense": "grammar: clause that can stand alone syntactically",
"word": "主節"
},
{
"alt": "主節",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jujeol",
"sense": "grammar: clause that can stand alone syntactically",
"word": "주절"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "grammar: clause that can stand alone syntactically",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "hevoka sereke"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "grammar: clause that can stand alone syntactically",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "zdanie główne"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "grammar: clause that can stand alone syntactically",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "zdanie nadrzędne"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "grammar: clause that can stand alone syntactically",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "oração coordenada"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "grammar: clause that can stand alone syntactically",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "oração principal"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "glávnoje predložénije",
"sense": "grammar: clause that can stand alone syntactically",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "гла́вное предложе́ние"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "grammar: clause that can stand alone syntactically",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "proposición principal"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "grammar: clause that can stand alone syntactically",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "huvudsats"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "múk-kà-yá-bprà-yòok",
"sense": "grammar: clause that can stand alone syntactically",
"word": "มุขยประโยค"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "bprà-yòok-làk",
"sense": "grammar: clause that can stand alone syntactically",
"word": "ประโยคหลัก"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "grammar: clause that can stand alone syntactically",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "prif gymal"
}
]
}
],
"word": "main clause"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "main clauses",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"expansion": "main clause (plural main clauses)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English multiword terms",
"English nouns",
"Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
"Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
"en:Grammar"
],
"glosses": [
"A clause that can stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence and contains at least a subject and a verb."
],
"links": [
[
"grammar",
"grammar"
],
[
"syntactically",
"syntactically"
],
[
"sentence",
"sentence"
],
[
"subject",
"subject"
],
[
"verb",
"verb"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(grammar) A clause that can stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence and contains at least a subject and a verb."
],
"topics": [
"grammar",
"human-sciences",
"linguistics",
"sciences"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "independent clause"
},
{
"word": "coordinate clause"
},
{
"word": "matrix clause"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "grammar: clause that can stand alone syntactically",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pennlavarenn"
},
{
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "grammar: clause that can stand alone syntactically",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lavarenn dizalc'h"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "grammar: clause that can stand alone syntactically",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "oració principal"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhǔyào fēnjù",
"sense": "grammar: clause that can stand alone syntactically",
"word": "主要分句"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhǔjù",
"sense": "grammar: clause that can stand alone syntactically",
"word": "主句"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "grammar: clause that can stand alone syntactically",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "hovedsætning"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "grammar: clause that can stand alone syntactically",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hoofdzin"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "grammar: clause that can stand alone syntactically",
"word": "päälause"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "grammar: clause that can stand alone syntactically",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "proposition principale"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "mtavari c̣inadadeba",
"sense": "grammar: clause that can stand alone syntactically",
"word": "მთავარი წინადადება"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "grammar: clause that can stand alone syntactically",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Hauptsatz"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "grammar: clause that can stand alone syntactically",
"word": "főmondat"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "grammar: clause that can stand alone syntactically",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "aðalsetning"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "grammar: clause that can stand alone syntactically",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "príomhchlásal"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "grammar: clause that can stand alone syntactically",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "proposizione principale"
},
{
"alt": "しゅぶん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "jūbun",
"sense": "grammar: clause that can stand alone syntactically",
"word": "主文"
},
{
"alt": "しゅせつ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shusetsu",
"sense": "grammar: clause that can stand alone syntactically",
"word": "主節"
},
{
"alt": "主節",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jujeol",
"sense": "grammar: clause that can stand alone syntactically",
"word": "주절"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "grammar: clause that can stand alone syntactically",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "hevoka sereke"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "grammar: clause that can stand alone syntactically",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "zdanie główne"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "grammar: clause that can stand alone syntactically",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "zdanie nadrzędne"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "grammar: clause that can stand alone syntactically",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "oração coordenada"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "grammar: clause that can stand alone syntactically",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "oração principal"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "glávnoje predložénije",
"sense": "grammar: clause that can stand alone syntactically",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "гла́вное предложе́ние"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "grammar: clause that can stand alone syntactically",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "proposición principal"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "grammar: clause that can stand alone syntactically",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "huvudsats"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "múk-kà-yá-bprà-yòok",
"sense": "grammar: clause that can stand alone syntactically",
"word": "มุขยประโยค"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "bprà-yòok-làk",
"sense": "grammar: clause that can stand alone syntactically",
"word": "ประโยคหลัก"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "grammar: clause that can stand alone syntactically",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "prif gymal"
}
],
"word": "main clause"
}
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