ETYM French clause, Late Lat. clausa, equiv. to Latin clausula clause, prop., close of rhetorical period, close, from claudere to shut, to end. Related to Close.
(Homonym: claws).
Part of a sentence that contains a subject and a verb, and joined to the rest of the sentence by a conjunction. In English,coordinating clauses are those joined by and, but, or or; with any other conjunction it is a subordinating clause.
(Grammar) An expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence.