clause
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noun
1.
Grammar. a syntactic construction containing a subject and predicate and forming part of a sentence or constituting a whole simple sentence.
2.
a distinct article or provision in a contract, treaty, will, or other formal or legal written document.
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clause (klɔːz) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | grammar main clause subordinate clause See also coordinate clause a group of words, consisting of a subject and a predicate including a finite verb, that does not necessarily constitute a sentence |
| 2. | a section of a legal document such as a contract, will, or draft statute |
| [C13: from Old French, from Medieval Latin clausa a closing (of a rhetorical period), back formation from Latin clausula, from claudere to close] | |
| 'clausal | |
| —adj | |
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted. |
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Word Origin & History
clause
early 13c., from O.Fr. clause, from M.L. clausa, from L. clausula "a closing, termination," in legal sense, "end of a sentence or a legal argument," from clausus, fem. pp. of claudere "to close" (see close (v.)). Sense of "ending" gradually faded.
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Cultural Dictionary
clause definition
A group of words in a sentence that contains a subject and predicate. (See dependent clause and independent clause.)
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Computing Dictionary
clause definition
1.
p1 ^ ...^ pm => q1 V ... V qn.
or, equivalently,
~p1 V ... V ~pn V q1 V ... V qn,
where pi and qi are atoms.
The operators ~, ^, V, => are connectives, where ~ stands for negation, ^ for conjunction, V for disjunction and => for implication.
2.
(2004-05-28)
Example sentences
Pressure is growing to include a clause to demutualise the exchange in order to loosen the grip of the brokers.
The business plan led to a second misstep, because it included a dubious opt-out clause.
The objection is that the interposed phrase or clause needlessly interrupts the natural order of the main clause.
Meanwhile the ground workers have voted for action to support demands for the extension of their job guarantee clause.
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