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com′plement clause′, [Ling.]

Linguistics, Grammara subordinate clause that functions as the subject, direct object, or prepositional object of a verb, as that you like it in I'm surprised that you like it. Also called com′plement sen′tence.

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🗣️Forum discussions with the word(s) "complement clause" in the title:

adverbial clause or noun clause/object complement?
Adverbial Clause vs. Complement clause vs. Relative clause
I wrote that I was sleeping in the complement clause.
In the clause after "take", can adjective be used as a complement?
infinitive clause as object/infinitive clause as complement
It's time <to go>: [clause or complement?]
Reduced relative clause or infinitive complement?
that clause and object complement
that/who as complement in relative pronoun clause
The question is if she knows [if-clause as complement]
thinks that his mistake is what he did [noun clause: object, complement]
to-complement clause controlled by adjectives
when clause as a complement

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