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clause
has definitions from the fields of grammar,linguistics,law,fine art,writing
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[ noun ] (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence
Used in print (Ralph B. Long. The Sentence and Its Parts: A...)Mack 's the leader at camp , but Jack 's here , with this is deprived_of stress , makes here the complement in the clause . In the second sentence if drinking water is a gerundial clause and without drinking water is roughly equivalent in meaning to unless I drink water , there will be stronger stress on water than on drinking ; but if drinking is a gerundial noun modifying water and without drinking_water is equivalent_to without water for drinking , there will be stronger stress on drinking than on water . |
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[ noun ] (law,fine art,writing) a separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will)
Synonyms Used in print (Randall Stewart, "A Little History, a Little Honesty: A...)New_Englanders were a_bit sensitive on the subject of their complicity in Negro slavery at the time of the drafting of the Declaration_of_Independence , as Jefferson explained in his `` Autobiography '' : `` The clause reprobating the enslaving the inhabitants of Africa was struck_out in complaisance to South_Carolina and Georgia , who had never attempted to restrain the importation of slaves , and who on_the_contrary still wished to continue it . Related terms section rider arbitration_clause deductible escalator reserve_clause document |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 26713
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