Thesaurus: clause

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1. n. A separate portion of a written paper, paragraph, or sentence; an article, stipulation, or proviso, in a legal document.
2. n. A subordinate portion or a subdivision of a sentence containing a subject and its predicate.
3. n. See Letters clause / close, under Letter.
4. n. (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate functioning as a part of a complex sentence
5. n. a separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will)
6. 1. A separate portion of a written paper, paragraph, or sentence; an article, stipulation, or proviso, in a legal document. The usual attestation clause to a will. Bouvier. 2. (Gram.) A subordinate portion or a subdivision of a sentence containing a subject and its predicate. See Letters clause or close, under Letter.
7. A subordinate portion or a subdivision of a sentence containinga subject and its predicate.
8. n:100 n. (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence