clause
- IPA[klôz]
美式
- a unit of grammatical organization next below the sentence in rank and in traditional grammar said to consist of a subject and predicate.；a particular and separate article, stipulation, or proviso in a treaty, bill, or contract
noun: clause, plural noun: clauses
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- 1. a unit of grammatical organization next below the sentence in rank and in traditional grammar said to consist of a subject and predicate. the missing verb in the second clause is understood to be the same verb as in the first clause
- 2. a particular and separate article, stipulation, or proviso in a treaty, bill, or contract Clause 1 of the agreement he had to sign a confidentiality clause that prevents him speaking to the media
- the clause in the First Amendment of the US Constitution that prohibits the establishment of ...
Oxford American Dictionary
- a clause that can form a complete sentence standing alone, having a subject and a predicate.
Oxford Dictionary
- a clause that is the object of a verb: 5.6 per cent of the sentences were simple Subject + Verb + Object clause
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- (in a contract) a clause disclaiming liability for a particular risk.
Oxford American Dictionary
- a condition in a contract of employment forbidding an employee from publicly disclosing ... as part of her severance terms she was forced to sign a gagging clause pledging not to reveal what she knew
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- a contractual provision disclaiming liability for a particular eventuality.
Oxford Dictionary
- a clause in a contract that specifies the conditions under which one party can be freed from an ...
Oxford American Dictionary
- a relative clause appended without a relative pronoun to the noun phrase that governs it, as in ...
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- IPA[klɔːz]
英式
- a unit of grammatical organization next below the sentence in rank and in traditional grammar ... the missing verb in the second clause is understood to be the same verb as in the first clause
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