- restrictive clause
- noun Date: circa 1895 a descriptive clause that is essential to the definiteness of the word it modifies (as that you ordered in “the book that you ordered is out of print”)
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
restrictive clause
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restrictive clause — also restrictive rel.a.tive clause noun (C) technical a part of a sentence that says which person or thing is meant. For example in the man who came to dinner , the phrase who came to dinner is a restrictive clause … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
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Non-restrictive clause — A non restrictive clause is a clause in which the noun phrase (NP) that is used to avoid repetition (as the referent of an anaphor, meaning that it is substituted by another word, but refers to the same noun) is determined by its antecedent where … Wikipedia
clause — [ kloz ] n. f. • XIIIe; « vers, rime » 1190; bas lat. clausa, de claudere « clore », lat. class. clausula ♦ Disposition particulière d un acte. ⇒ condition, convention, disposition. Les clauses d un contrat, d une loi, d un traité. Respecter,… … Encyclopédie Universelle
restrictive — adj. imposing restrictions. Phrases and idioms: restrictive clause Gram. a relative clause, usu. without surrounding commas. restrictive practice Brit. an agreement to limit competition or output in industry. Derivatives: restrictively adv.… … Useful english dictionary
restrictive — re•stric•tive [[t]rɪˈstrɪk tɪv[/t]] adj. 1) tending or serving to restrict 2) of the nature of a restriction 3) gram. of or pertaining to a word, phrase, or clause that identifies or limits the meaning of a modified element, as the relative… … From formal English to slang
restrictive covenant — n 1: a covenant acknowledged in a deed or lease that restricts the free use or occupancy of property (as by forbidding commercial use or types of structures) one who purchases for value and without notice takes the land free from the restrictive… … Law dictionary
