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1. (n.) clause
a syntactic construction containing a subject and predicate and forming part of a sentence or constituting a whole simple sentence.
2. clause
a distinct article or provision in a contract, treaty, will, or other formal or legal written document.
Etymology: (1175–1225; ME claus(e) (< AF) < ML clausa, back formation from L clausula closing of something written, der. of claus(us), ptp. of claudere to close)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) clause
(grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence
2. (noun) article, clause
a separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will)
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1. (noun) clause
a part of a legal document
a new clause added to the agreement
2. clause
the part of sentence with a subject and a verb
***a relative clause
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| Definition of 'Clause' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Clause
a separate portion of a written paper, paragraph, or sentence; an article, stipulation, or proviso, in a legal document
2. (noun) Clause
a subordinate portion or a subdivision of a sentence containing a subject and its predicate
3. (noun) Clause
see Letters clause / close, under Letter
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Sense: a part of a sentence having its own subject and predicate, eg either of the two parts of this sentence
The sentence `Mary has a friend who is rich' contains a main clause and a subordinate (relative) clause.
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 Afrikaans: sinsdeel |
 Arabic: عِبارَه، جُمْلَه مُعْتَمِ |
 Bulgarian: просто изречение |
 Brazilian: oração |
 Czech: věta |
 German: der Nebensatz |
 Danish: ledsætning |
 Greek: πρόταση (γραμμ.) |
 Spanish: proposición |
 Estonian: osalause |
 Farsi: عبارت؛ جمله واره |
 Finnish: lause |
 French: proposition |
 Hebrew: פְּסוּקִית, מִשפַּט |
 Hindi: व्याकरण संबंधी वाक्यांश |
 Croatian: rečenica |
 Hungarian: mellékmondat |
 Indonesian: klausa, anak kalimat |
 Icelandic: (aðal-/auka)setning |
 Italian: frase, proposizione |
 Japanese: 節 |
 Korean: (문장에서의) 절 |
 Lithuanian: sakinys (sudėtinio sakini |
 Latvian: teikums (kā salikta teiku |
 Malay: kalusa |
 Dutch: zinsdeel |
 Norwegian: setning |
 Polish: zdanie (pojedyncze) |
 Persian: عبارت؛ جمله واره |
 Pashto: فقره: (ګر) دجملې يوه برخه |
 Portuguese: oração |
 Romanian: propoziţie |
 Russian: предложение |
 Slovak: veta |
 Slovenian: stavek, poved |
 Serbian: zavisna rečenica |
 Swedish: sats |
 Thai: อนุประโยค |
 Turkish: cümlecik |
 Taiwanese: 子句 |
 Ukrainian: речення |
 Urdu: شق ، دفعہ |
 Vietnamese: mệnh đề |
 Chinese: 从句，分句，子句 |
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