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clause    Audio Help   [klawz] Pronunciation Key
–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.

[Origin: 1175–1225; ME claus(e) (< AF) < ML clausa, back formation from L clausula clausula]

clausal, adjective
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clause    Audio Help   (klôz)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. Grammar A group of words containing a subject and a predicate and forming part of a compound or complex sentence.
  2. A distinct article, stipulation, or provision in a document.


[Middle English, from Old French, from Medieval Latin clausa, close of a rhetorical period, from feminine of Latin clausus, past participle of claudere, to close.]

claus'al (klô'zəl) adj.
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
clause 
c.1225, 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.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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clause

noun
1. (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence 
2. a separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will) [syn: article

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Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
clause1 [kloːz] noun
a part of a sentence having its own subject and predicate, eg either of the two parts of this sentence
Example: The sentence `Mary has a friend who is rich' contains a main clause and a subordinate (relative) clause.
Arabic: عِبارَه، جُمْلَه مُعْتَمِدَه, * ثانويه
Chinese (Simplified): 分句
Chinese (Traditional): 分句
Czech: věta
Danish: ledsætning
Dutch: zinsdeel
Estonian: osalause
Finnish: lause
French: proposition
German: der Nebensatz
Greek: πρόταση (γραμμ.)
Hungarian: mellékmondat
Icelandic: (aðal-, *auka)setning
Indonesian: klausa, anak kalimat
Italian: frase, proposizione
Japanese:
Korean: 절(節)
Latvian: teikums (kā salikta teikuma daļa)
Lithuanian: sakinys (sudėtinio sakinio dalis)
Norwegian: setning
Polish: zdanie (pojedyncze)
Portuguese (Brazil): oração
Portuguese (Portugal): oração
Romanian: propoziţie
Russian: предложение
Slovak: veta
Slovenian: stavek, poved
Spanish: proposición
Swedish: sats
Turkish: cümlecik
clause2 [kloːz] noun
a paragraph in a contract, will, or act of parliament
Arabic: فَقْرَه، بَنْد
Chinese (Simplified): 条款
Chinese (Traditional): 條款
Czech: odstavec
Danish: paragraf; afsnit; klausul
Dutch: clausule
Estonian: klausel
Finnish: klausuuli
French: clause
German: die Klausel
Greek: όρος, διάταξη
Hungarian: cikkely
Icelandic: klásúla, ákvæði
Indonesian: klausul
Italian: clausola
Japanese: 条項
Korean: (법규 등의) 조항
Latvian: pants (līguma u. tml.)
Lithuanian: straipsnis, skirsnis
Norwegian: klausul, paragraf, bestemmelse
Polish: klauzula
Portuguese (Brazil): cláusula
Portuguese (Portugal): cláusula
Romanian: clauză
Russian: пункт
Slovak: odstavec
Slovenian: odstavek, klavzula
Spanish: cláusula
Swedish: klausul
Turkish: madde
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American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source - Share This
clause

A group of words in a sentence that contains a subject and predicate. (See dependent clause and independent clause.)


[Chapter:] Conventions of Written English


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Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law - Cite This Source - Share This

Main Entry: clause
Pronunciation: 'kloz
Function: noun
: a distinct section of a writing; specifically : a distinct article, stipulation, or proviso in a formal document <a no-strike clause in the collective bargaining agreement> —claus·al /'klo-z&l/ adjective

Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
Free On-line Dictionary of Computing - Cite This Source - Share This

clause
1. A logical formula in conjunctive normal form, which has the schema
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. A part of a sentence (or programming language statement) that does not constitute a full sentence, e.g. an adjectival clause in human language or a WHERE clause in a SQL statement.
(2004-05-28)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Clause

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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.

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