name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
clause
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /klɔːz/
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Australian, British, New-Zealand, Southern, Standard: /kloːz/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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/klɔz/ without the cot–caught merger
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cot-caught-merger: /klɑz/
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US: cot-caught Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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Scotland: /klɔz/
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Scotland: [klɔːz]
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homophone: claws
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rhymes with -ɔːz
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CMU ARPABET: K L AO1 Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A group of words that contains a subject and a verb; it may be part of a sentence or may constitute the whole sentence, depending on the syntax in each instance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
Examples
- Near-synonyms: sentential, sentence
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sentential, sentence
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A verb, its necessary grammatical arguments, and any adjuncts affecting them.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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noun
Meaning 4
A verb along with its subject and their modifiers. If a clause provides a complete thought on its own, then it is an independent (superordinate) clause; otherwise, it is dependent (subordinate). (Independent clauses can be sentences; they can also be part of a sentence. Dependent clauses can only be part of a sentence.)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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noun
Meaning 5
A distinct part of a contract, a will or another legal document.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: law
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
A constituent (component) of a statement or query.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, databases, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 7
To amend (a bill of lading or similar document).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: economics, sciences, shipping, transport
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 8
(grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: construction, grammatical construction, expression
Narrower terms: main clause, independent clause, coordinate clause, subordinate clause, dependent clause, relative clause
noun
Meaning 9
a separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: article
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: section, subdivision
Narrower terms: arbitration clause, deductible, double indemnity, escalator clause, escalator, joker, reserve clause, rider
History
Etymology
From Middle English clause, claus, borrowed from Old French clause, from Medieval Latin clausa (Latin diminutive clausula (“close, end; a clause, close of a period”)), from Latin clausus, past participle of claudere (“to shut, close”). See close, its doublet.
Across languages
Translations
80 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: مُرَكَّبٌ إِسْنَادِيّ (murakkabun ʔisnādiyy) — grammar: group of words which include a subject and any necessary predicate
- Bulgarian: подчинено изречение (podčineno izrečenie) — grammar: group of words which include a subject and any necessary predicate
- Chinese Mandarin: 從句 /从句 (cóngjù) — grammar: group of words which include a subject and any necessary predicate
- Chinese Mandarin: 小句 (xiǎojù) — grammar: group of words which include a subject and any necessary predicate
- Czech: věta — grammar: group of words which include a subject and any necessary predicate
- Dutch: bijzin — grammar: group of words which include a subject and any necessary predicate
- Finnish: lause — grammar: group of words which include a subject and any necessary predicate
- French: proposition — grammar: group of words which include a subject and any necessary predicate
- German: Nebensatz — grammar: group of words which include a subject and any necessary predicate
- Hebrew: פסוקית (psukít) — grammar: group of words which include a subject and any necessary predicate
- Hungarian: mellékmondat — grammar: group of words which include a subject and any necessary predicate
- Irish: clásal — grammar: group of words which include a subject and any necessary predicate
- Italian: proposizione — grammar: group of words which include a subject and any necessary predicate
- Japanese: 節 (setsu) — grammar: group of words which include a subject and any necessary predicate
- Mongolian: гишүүн өгүүлбэр (gišüün ögüülber) — grammar: group of words which include a subject and any necessary predicate
- Persian: فراکرد (farākard) — grammar: group of words which include a subject and any necessary predicate
- Polish: zdanie składowe — grammar: group of words which include a subject and any necessary predicate
- Portuguese: oração — grammar: group of words which include a subject and any necessary predicate
- Scottish Gaelic: clàs — grammar: group of words which include a subject and any necessary predicate
- Tagalog: sugnay — grammar: group of words which include a subject and any necessary predicate
- Vietnamese: vế câu — grammar: group of words which include a subject and any necessary predicate
- Vietnamese: mệnh đề — grammar: group of words which include a subject and any necessary predicate
- Welsh: cymal — grammar: group of words which include a subject and any necessary predicate
- Arabic: جُمْلَة (jumla) — grammar: verb along with a subject and modifiers
- Armenian: նախադասություն (naxadasutʻyun) — grammar: verb along with a subject and modifiers
- Azerbaijani: cümlə — grammar: verb along with a subject and modifiers
- Catalan: clàusula — grammar: verb along with a subject and modifiers
- Chinese Mandarin: 分句 (fēnjù) — grammar: verb along with a subject and modifiers
- Dutch: nevenschikking — grammar: verb along with a subject and modifiers
- Dutch: bijzin — grammar: verb along with a subject and modifiers
- Finnish: lauseke — grammar: verb along with a subject and modifiers
- French: proposition — grammar: verb along with a subject and modifiers
- German: Teilsatz — grammar: verb along with a subject and modifiers
- Hungarian: tagmondat — grammar: verb along with a subject and modifiers
- Irish: clásal — grammar: verb along with a subject and modifiers
- Japanese: 節 (setsu) — grammar: verb along with a subject and modifiers
- Norman: proposition — grammar: verb along with a subject and modifiers
- Portuguese: oração — grammar: verb along with a subject and modifiers
- Russian: предложе́ние (predložénije) — grammar: verb along with a subject and modifiers
- Scottish Gaelic: clàs — grammar: verb along with a subject and modifiers
- Swedish: sats — grammar: verb along with a subject and modifiers
- Tagalog: sugnay — grammar: verb along with a subject and modifiers
- Turkish: cümlecik — grammar: verb along with a subject and modifiers
- Welsh: cymal — grammar: verb along with a subject and modifiers
- Arabic: بَنْد (band) — legal: separate part of a contract
- Armenian: հոդված (hodvac) — legal: separate part of a contract
- Bulgarian: клауза (klauza) — legal: separate part of a contract
- Bulgarian: параграф (paragraf) — legal: separate part of a contract
- Catalan: clàusula — legal: separate part of a contract
- Czech: klauzule — legal: separate part of a contract
- Danish: klausul — legal: separate part of a contract
- Dutch: clausule — legal: separate part of a contract
- Finnish: ehto — legal: separate part of a contract
- Finnish: sopimusehto — legal: separate part of a contract
- Finnish: klausuuli — legal: separate part of a contract
- French: clause — legal: separate part of a contract
- German: Klausel — legal: separate part of a contract
- Greek: ρήτρα (rítra) — legal: separate part of a contract
- Greek: όρος (óros) — legal: separate part of a contract
- Hebrew: סעיף (seíf) — legal: separate part of a contract
- Hungarian: záradék — legal: separate part of a contract
- Hungarian: klauzula — legal: separate part of a contract
- Hungarian: cikkely — legal: separate part of a contract
- Hungarian: paragrafus — legal: separate part of a contract
- Ido: klauzo — legal: separate part of a contract
- Irish: clásal — legal: separate part of a contract
- Irish: foráil — legal: separate part of a contract
- Irish: agús — legal: separate part of a contract
- Italian: clausola — legal: separate part of a contract
- Polish: klauzula — legal: separate part of a contract
- Portuguese: cláusula — legal: separate part of a contract
- Portuguese: artigo — legal: separate part of a contract
- Spanish: cláusula — legal: separate part of a contract
- Swedish: klausul — legal: separate part of a contract
- Turkish: ibare — legal: separate part of a contract
- Ukrainian: пункт (punkt) — legal: separate part of a contract
- Ukrainian: стаття (stattja) — legal: separate part of a contract
- Vietnamese: điều khoản — legal: separate part of a contract
- Vietnamese: điều — legal: separate part of a contract
- Welsh: cymal — legal: separate part of a contract
Real reading context