Meaning of clause | Babel Free

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1. A surname.
2. A group of words that contains a subject and a verb; it may be part of a sentence or may constitute the whole sentence, depending on the syntax in each instance.
3. Clause, provision.
4. A group of words that forms part of a sentence, usually containing a subject and a predicate.
5. A verb, its necessary grammatical arguments, and any adjuncts affecting them.
6. Grammar A group of words containing a subject and a predicate and forming part of a compound or complex sentence.
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7. 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 dependent (subordinate). (Independent clauses can be sentences; they can also be part of a sentence. Dependent clauses can only be part of a sentence.)
8. A distinct article, stipulation, or provision in a document.
9. A distinct part of a contract, a will or another legal document.
10. (Grammar) grammar a group of words, consisting of a subject and a predicate including a finite verb, that does not necessarily constitute a sentence. See also main clause, subordinate clause, coordinate clause
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11. A constituent (component) of a statement or query.
12. (Law) a section of a legal document such as a contract, will, or draft statute
13. a syntactic construction containing a subject and predicate and forming part of a sentence or constituting a whole simple sentence.
14. a distinct article or provision in a contract, treaty, will, or other formal or legal written document.
15. n (Gram) → Satz m
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16. 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. sinsdeel عِبارَه، جُمْلَه مُعْتَمِدَه/ ثانويه просто изречение oração věta der Nebensatz ledsætning πρότασηproposición osalause عبارت؛ جمله واره lause propositionפסוקית, משפט व्याकरण संबंधी वाक्यांश rečenica mellékmondat klausa, anak kalimat (aðal-/auka)setning frase, proposizione 節 (문장에...
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17. a paragraph in a contract, will, or act of parliament. klousule فَقْرَه، بَنْد клауза cláusula odstavec die Klausel paragraf; afsnit; klausul όρος, διάταξηcláusula klausel بند؛ ماده lauseke clauseסעיף खण्ड klauzula cikkely klausul klásúla, ákvæði clausola 条項 (계약서, 유서, 법 등의) 조항 straipsnis, skirsnis pants (līguma u. tml.) fasal clausuleklausul, paragraf, bestemmelseklauzula مادی cláusula clauză пункт odstavec odstavek, klavzula klauzula klausul มาตราต่าง ๆ ในกฏหมาย madde 條款 стаття, пункт معاہدہ...

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“Near-synonyms: sentential, sentence”

“However, Coordination facts seem to undermine this hasty conclusion: thus, consider the following: (43) [Your sister could go to College], but [would she get a degree?] The second (italicised) conjunct is a Clause containing an inverted Auxiliary, would. Given our earlier assumptions that inverted Auxiliaries are in C, and that C is a constituent of S-bar, it follows that the italicised Clause in (43) must be an S-bar. But our familiar constraint on Coordination tells us that only constituents belonging to the same Category can be conjoined. Since the second Clause in (43) is clearly an S-bar, then it follows that the first Clause must also be an S-bar — one in which the C(omplementiser) position has been left empty.”

“Mr. Waller adds that when the railway was authorised in 1897, one of the clauses of the Act authorising the transfer of the line to the North British Railway provided that that company should work it in perpetuity, and it was this clause that caused the interim interdict to be granted.”

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