Meaning Of The Word Clause

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Clause Meaning

Clause Definition
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What's The Definition Of Clause?

clause
countable noun: A clause is a section of a legal document.
countable noun: In grammar, a clause is a group of words containing a verb. Sentences contain one or more clauses. There are finite clauses and non-finite clauses.

clause in American English
a group of words containing a subject and a finite verb, usually forming part of a compound or complex sentence: clauses may be joined by parataxis (The house is secluded; you will like it), by modified parataxis (The house is secluded, and you will like
noun: a syntactic construction containing a subject and predicate and forming part of a sentence or constituting a whole simple sentence

clause in British English
noun: a group of words, consisting of a subject and a predicate including a finite verb, that does not necessarily constitute a sentence

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