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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024clause /klɔz/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Grammar(in grammar) a group of words containing a subject and predicate and forming either a part of a sentence or a whole simple sentence:The clause John went home could stand on its own in its own sentence, or it could be a clause as part of a longer sentence: John went home because Mary walked in.
- a separate and particular section or provision in a contract or other legal document:Which clause in the agreement refers to payments?
claus•al, adj. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024clause (klôz),USA pronunciation n. - Grammara syntactic construction containing a subject and predicate and forming part of a sentence or constituting a whole simple sentence.
- a distinct article or provision in a contract, treaty, will, or other formal or legal written document.
- Medieval Latin clausa, back formation from Latin clausula clausula
- Anglo-French)
- Middle English claus(e) (1175–1225
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: clause /klɔːz/ n - a group of words, consisting of a subject and a predicate including a finite verb, that does not necessarily constitute a sentence
See also main clause, subordinate clause, coordinate clause - a section of a legal document such as a contract, will, or draft statute
Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French, from Medieval Latin clausa a closing (of a rhetorical period), back formation from Latin clausula, from claudere to closeˈclausal adj |