clause

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Clause

clause is on the Academic Word List.

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /klɔːz/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Homophone: claws

Noun

Singular clause

Plural clauses

1. A clause is a section in a contract or other legal document.

   The author's contract contained a clause giving him creative control over the films.

2. (grammar) A clause is a group of words that usually includes a subject and a predicate. In English, the subject usually comes before the predicate.

   The last clause in the sentence is hard to understand without knowing some background.

Grammar (edit)
parts of speech	noun - verb - adjective - adnoun - adverb - determinative/determiner - article - participle - pronoun - conjunction - preposition - interjection
grammatical functions	head - dependent - subject - predicate - predicator - object - complement - predicative complement - predicative adjunct - predicative oblique - appositive oblique - modifier - supplement - adjunct - determiner/specifier
clauses	main clause - dependent clause - subordinate clause - relative clause