From en.wiktionary.org:
[Clause]
** English
[wikipedia]
*** Etymology
From [en], [enm], borrowed from [en], from [en] (Latin diminutive [la]), from
[en], past participle of [la]. See [en], its doublet. [en]
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Noun
[en-noun]
1. [en] [en] 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.
2. [en] [en] A verb, its necessary grammatical argument s, and any adjunct s affecting them.
3. [en] [en] 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.)]
4. * [en]
5. [en] [en] A distinct part of a contract , a will or another legal document .
6. * [en]
7. [en] [en] A constituent ( component ) of a statement or query .
**** Usage notes
- In “When it got dark, they went back into the house”, “ _When_ it got dark” is a dependent clause within the complete sentence. The independent clause “they went back into the house” could stand alone as a sentence, whereas the dependent clause could not.
**** Hyponyms
{{col4|en|title=types of grammatical clauses |adjective clause |adverbial
clause |appositive clause |comment clause |comparative clause |concessive
clause |conditional clause |conditional mood |coordinate clause |defining
relative clause |dependent clause |finite clause |hush clause|object clause
|if clause |independent clause |main clause |nominal clause |nondefining
relative clause |non-finite clause |noun clause |relative clause |restrictive
clause |subclause|vice clause |subordinate clause |superordinate clause
|verbless clause }}
{{col2|en|title=part of a legal document |noncompete clause }}
**** Derived terms
{{col3|en|title=grammatical terms|content clause |3-clause |clause element
|clause function |subclause |clausal }}
{{col3|en|title=other terms (unsorted, may also contain grammatical
terms)|Mother Hubbard clause |acceleration clause|attestation clause|break
clause|choice of forum clause|cognovit clause|conscience clause|definite
clause|derogatory clause|escalator clause|escape clause|establishment
clause|exit clause|final clause|forum clause|forum selection
clause|free-exercise clause|get-out clause|grandfather clause|guillotine
clause|Henry VIII clause|Horn clause|in terrorem clause|jurisdiction
clause|matrix clause|negative clause|no-trade clause|notwithstanding
clause|objective clause|operative clause|pedigree clause|residuary
clause|small clause|subject clause|sunrise clause|sunset clause|supplementive
clause|testing clause|that clause|time clause|weasel clause|spendthrift
clause|clausehood|clauselike|multiclause|semiclause|objects clause}}
**** Related terms
- [en]
**** Translations
[grammar: group of words which include a subject and any necessary predicate]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Irish: [ga]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Mongolian:
- Persian: [fa]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Scottish Gaelic: [gd]
- Tagalog: [tl]
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[grammar: verb along with a subject and modifiers]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Azerbaijani: [az]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Chinese:
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Irish: [ga]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Norman: [nrf]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru] [also: sentence]
- Scottish Gaelic: [gd]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Tagalog: [tl]
- Turkish: [tr]
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[legal: separate part of a contract]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Czech: [cs]
- Danish: [da]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de]
- Greek: [el] , [el]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu] , [section of a legal document] [hu] , [hu] ,
- Ido: [io]
- Irish: [ga] , [ga] , [ga]
- Italian: [it]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt]
- Spanish: [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Ukrainian: [uk] , [uk]
- Vietnamese: [vi]
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[checktrans-top]
- Icelandic: [is]
- Interlingua: [ia]
- Spanish: [es]
[trans-bottom]
*** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] To amend (a bill of lading or similar document).
2. * [en]
3. * [en]
4. * [en]
5. * [en]
**** Further reading
- [R:Webster 1913]
- [R:Century 1911]
*** Anagrams
- [en]
** French
*** Etymology
From [fr], borrowed from [fr].
*** Pronunciation
- [fr-IPA]
*** Noun
[f]
1. [en]
*** Further reading
- [R:fr:TLFi]
** Latin
*** Participle
[la]
1. [la]
** Middle English
*** Alternative forms
- [enm]
*** Etymology
From [enm], from [enm].
*** Pronunciation
- [enm]
*** Noun
[enm-noun]
1. sentence , [en]
2. statement , line [of a text]
3. writing , text , document , letter
4. A section or portion of a text; a part of a series of quotes
5. [enm] A [en] , term , or consideration ; a section in a legal document .
**** Descendants
- [en]
**** References
- [entry= clause ]
[enm]