1. Noun
A separate portion of a written paper, paragraph, or sentence; an article, stipulation, or proviso, in a legal document.
2. Noun
A subordinate portion or a subdivision of a sentence containing a subject and its predicate.
3. Noun
See Letters clause / close, under Letter.
4. Noun
A group of words built around a verb, often with a subject.
A grammatical unit containing a subject and predicate, or functioning as part of a sentence.
“The sentence contains a main clause and a subordinate clause.”
5. Noun
a separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will)
Vocabulary classified under Law
6. Noun
(grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate functioning as a part of a complex sentence
Vocabulary classified under Spelling and grammar
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