clause
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
clause/klɔːz/
▶noun
- 1 a unit of grammatical organization next below the sentence in rank, and in traditional grammar said to consist of a subject and predicate.
- 2 a particular and separate article, stipulation, or proviso in a treaty, bill, or contract.
– derivatives
clausal adjective.
clausal adjective.
– origin ME: via OFr. clause, based on L. claus-, claudere ‘shut, close’.
'clause' also found in these Oxford entries:
adverbial
- ago
- antecedent
- apodosis
- argument
- article
- but
- chiasmus
- colon
- comma
- complement
- complementation
- complex sentence
- concessive
- conditional
- conjunction
- conscience clause
- dependent
- devise
- do
- endorsement
- escalator clause
- escape clause
- extraposition
- final clause
- grandfather
- grandfather clause
- herself
- himself
- if
- itself
- joker
- kicker
- main clause
- myself
- negate
- non-restrictive
- not
- oneself
- ourselves
- ouster
- predicate
- protasis
- reflexive
- relative
- restraint of trade
- restrictive
- rheme
- rider
