1 (grammar) a group of words that includes a subject and a verb, and forms a sentence or part of a sentence:
In the sentence 'They often go to Italy because they love the food', 'They often go to Italy' is the main clause and 'because they love the food' is a subordinate clause.
2 an item in a legal document that says that a particular thing must or must not be done:
There is a clause in the contract forbidding tenants to sublet.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for clause is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is clause a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, clause is tagged as noun.
Does clause appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — clause appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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