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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

abstraction, abstract entity go
a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples

communication go
something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups

language, linguistic communication go
a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols

string of words, word string, linguistic string go
a linear sequence of words as spoken or written

syntagma, syntagm go
a syntactic string of words that forms a part of some larger syntactic unit

constituent, grammatical constituent go
(grammar) a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger grammatical construction

expression, construction, grammatical construction go
a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit

clause
(grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence

noun.communication

4 Subcategories

main clause, independent clause go
a clause in a complex sentence that can stand alone as a complete sentence
coordinate clause go
a clause in a complex sentence that is grammatically equivalent to the main clause and that performs the same grammatical function
subordinate clause, dependent clause go
a clause in a complex sentence that cannot stand alone as a complete sentence and that functions within the sentence as a noun or adjective or adverb
relative clause go
a clause introduced by a relative pronoun