English Dictionary

clause

/klɔːz/

noun

(grammar) A verb, its necessary grammatical arguments, and any adjuncts affecting them.

The main clause of the sentence contains the verb.

意味（1）

(grammar) A verb, its necessary grammatical arguments, and any adjuncts affecting them.

意味（2）

(grammar) 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 (subordinate) dependent.

However, Coordination facts seem to undermine this hasty conclusion: thus, consider the following:

(43) [Your sister could go to College], but [would she get a degree?]

However, Coordination facts seem to undermine this hasty conclusion: thus, consider the following: (43) [Your sister could go to College], but [would she get a degree?] The second (italicised) conjunct is a Clause containing an inverted Auxiliary, would. Given our earlier assumptions that inverted Auxiliaries are in C, and that C is a constituent of S-bar, it follows that the italicised Clause in (43) must be an S-bar. But our familiar constraint on Coordination tells us that only constituents belonging to the same Category can be conjoined. Since the second Clause in (43) is clearly an S-bar, then it follows that the first Clause must also be an S-bar — one in which the C(omplementiser) position has been left empty.

意味（3）

(law) A separate part of a contract, a will or another legal document.