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CLAUSE
clause
(noun) (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate functioning as a part of a complex sentence
article, clause
(noun) a separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
Clause (plural Clauses)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Clause is the 21633rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1205 individuals. Clause is most common among white (90.95%) individuals.
Anagrams
• Caelus
Etymology
Noun
clause (plural clauses)
(grammar) A verb, its necessary grammatical arguments, and any adjuncts affecting them.
(grammar) A verb along with its subject and their modifiers. If a clause provides a complete thought on its own, then it is an independent (superordinate) clause; otherwise, it is (subordinate) dependent.
(legal) A separate part of a contract, a will or another legal document.
Usage notes
In “When it got dark, they went back into the house”, “When it got dark” is a dependent clause within the complete sentence. The independent clause “they went back into the house” could stand alone as a sentence, whereas the dependent clause could not.
Hyponyms
(types of grammatical clauses):
• adjective clause
• adverbial clause
• appositive clause
• comment clause
• comparative clause
• concessive clause
• conditional clause
• conditional mood
• coordinate clause
• defining relative clause
• dependent clause
• finite clause
• if clause
• independent clause
• main clause
• nominal clause
• nondefining relative clause
• non-finite clause
• noun clause
• relative clause
• restrictive clause
• subclause
• subordinate clause
• superordinate clause
• verbless clause
(part of a legal document):
• noncompete clause
Verb
clause (third-person singular simple present clauses, present participle clausing, simple past and past participle claused)
(transitive, shipping) To amend (a bill of lading or similar document).
Anagrams
• Caelus
Source: Wiktionary
Clause, n. Etym: [F. clause, LL. clausa, equiv. to L. clausula clause, prop., close of claudere to shut, to end. See Close.]
1. A separate portion of a written paper, paragraph, or sentence; an article, stipulation, or proviso, in a legal document. The usual attestation clause to a will. Bouvier.
2. (Gram.)
Definition: A subordinate portion or a subdivision of a sentence containing a subject and its predicate.
Clause, n. [Obs.]
Definition: See Letters clause or close, under Letter.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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