About The Word Clause
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Clause
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What's The Definition Of Clause?
[n] (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence
[n] a separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will) Synonyms | Synonyms for Clause: article Related Terms | Find terms related to Clause: adjectival phrase | article | back matter | bill | book | boundary condition | calendar | catch | chapter | column | companion bills amendment | condition | construction | donnee | dragnet clause | enacting clause | escalator clause | escape clause | escape hatch | expression | fascicle | fine print | folio | front matter | gathering | given | grounds | headed group | hold-up bill | idiom | idiotism | installment | joker | kicker | limiting condition | livraison | locution | manner of speaking | motion | noun phrase | number | obligation | omnibus bill | page | paragraph | parameter | part | passage | peculiar expression | period | phrasal idiom | phrase | prerequisite | privileged question | provision | provisions | proviso | question | requisite | rider | saving clause | section | sentence | serial | set phrase | sheet | signature | sine qua non | small print | specification | standard phrase | stipulation | string | syntactic structure | term | terms | text | turn of expression | turn of phrase | ultimatum | usage | utterance | verb complex | verb phrase | verbalism | verse | volume | way of speaking | whereas | word-group See Also | arbitration clause | construction | deductible | dependent clause | document | escalator | escalator clause | expression | grammatical construction | independent clause | main clause | papers | relative clause | rider | section | sentence | subdivision | subordinate clause | written document Clause In Webster's Dictionary \Clause\, n. [F. clause, LL. clausa, equiv. to L.
clausula clause, prop., close of ? rhetorical period, close,
fr. 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.) A subordinate portion or a subdivision of a
sentence containing a subject and its predicate.
\Clause\, n. [Obs.] See {Letters clause or close}, under {Letter}. |
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