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Meaning of clause in English

(Definition of clause from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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Examples of clause

clause
Object-final orders occur in finite clauses by verb-raising.
If infinitives did not raise overtly, but objects in subordinate clauses did, the order is explained.
During this period (until the age of 4;4), target-like subordinate clauses amount to 4 per cent of all subordinate clauses.
The rate of speech (words per minute), number of narrative words, and number of narrative clauses produced were measured for each subject.
To illustrate one class of syntactic problems, consider two sentences with relative clauses below.
Now we show how to connect the clauses with the variables.
In other words, the abrupt change in the asymptotic probability of satisfiability occurs when the number of clauses is proportional to the number of variables.
First-told stories also contained fewer categories of aspect, and in three out of four cases they had fewer clauses marked with extended aspectual categories.
The second clause's flexibility will allow for cases that are often deemed important,18 such as mild hypertension.
However, clauses regarding research on human embryos were not specifically described.
In effect, coordinate clauses are simply two sentences connected by a conjunction.
Expressing basic constituent relations in single clauses is fairly straightforward since any consistently used word order can function as a grammatical device.
Whereas the particle tended to follow the verb in main clauses, it tended to precede the verb in subordinate clauses.
Comparison with object clauses in this respect is not possible, as there is no systematic analysis of their information status to date.
A further difference between extraposed clauses and object clauses can be detected in their occurrence in different text types.
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Collocations with clause

clause

These are words often used in combination with clause.

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adverbial clause
For each marked initiation, the type of temporal marker was identified as either aspect marker, adverb, or adverbial clause.
arbitration clause
Such an agreement could not, therefore, go to arbitration, so the arbitration clause would not operate at all in such a disagreement.
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conscience clause
We have received very few complaints about the operation of the conscience clause, which indicates that the issue is being dealt with sensitively and sensibly.
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Translations of clause

in Chinese (Traditional)
法律檔, (法律文件的)條款, 文法…
in Chinese (Simplified)
法律文件, (法律文件的)条款,款项, 语法…
in Spanish
oración, cláusula [feminine], oración [feminine]…
in Portuguese
oração, cláusula [feminine], oração [feminine]…
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in Italian
文節, 条項(じょうこう), 節(せつ)…
madde, fıkra, bent…
clause [feminine], proposition [feminine], proposition…
oració…
zinsdeel, clausule…
ledsætning, paragraf, afsnit…
sats, klausul…
kalusa, fasal…
der Nebensatz, die Klausel…
klausul [masculine], setning [masculine], setning…
речення, стаття, пункт…
статья, пункт, предложение (часть сложного предложения)…
عِبارة (جُزء مِن جُملة)…
věta, odstavec…
klausa, anak kalimat, klausul…
อนุประโยค, มาตราต่าง ๆ ในกฏหมาย…
mệnh đề, điều khoản…
klauzula, zdanie, zdanie (pojedyncze)…
절…
proposizione, frase, clausola…
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