clause

One entry found for clause.

Main Entry: clause
Pronunciation: 'kloz
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin clausa close of a rhetorical period, from Latin, feminine of clausus, past participle of claudere to close -- more at CLOSE
1 : a group of words containing a subject and predicate and functioning as a member of a complex or compound sentence
2 : a separate section of a discourse or writing; specifically : a distinct article in a formal document