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A '''clause''' is a syntactic units consisting of a [[predicate]], its [[argument]]s, and its [[modifier]]s. The clause is perhaps the most basic unit of [[syntax]].

===Subtypes===
*[[embedded clause]]
*[[main clause]]
*[[relative clause]]
*[[subordinate clause]]

===Synonym===
The term [[sentence (disambiguation)|sentence]] is often used as a synonym of ''clause'', but often it is used in a slightly different sense ('maximal clause', i.e. a clause that is not part of another clause).

===Origin===
From Latin ''clausula''.

===Other languages===
German [[Satz]], [[Teilsatz]]

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