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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
clause /klɔz/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. 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.
  2. 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 © 2026
clause  (klôz),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Grammara syntactic construction containing a subject and predicate and forming part of a sentence or constituting a whole simple sentence.
  2. 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
claus′al, adj. 
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