ADVERBIAL CLAUSE
ADVERBIAL CLAUSE. A subordinate CLAUSE with an adverbial function: the when-clause in ‘He got angry when I started to beat him at table-tennis.’ Adverbial clauses express such meanings as time, place, condition, concession, reason, purpose, and result. See ADVERB, SUBORDINATION.
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