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People tell me if I don't eat vegetables, I'm going to get scurvy. Well, what the hell. But I was never overweight as a player. There was a clause in my contract that said I had to weigh in at 270 every Friday morning. I always made it. I'd have dinner on Monday, and then I wouldn't eat until Friday.
Art Donovan

Meaning of "clause" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CLAUSE

From Old French, from Medieval Latin clausa a closing (of a rhetorical period), back formation from Latin clausula, from claudere to close.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CLAUSE

clause  [klɔːz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CLAUSE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Clause is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CLAUSE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Clause

In grammar, a clause is the smallest grammatical unit that can express a complete proposition. A typical clause consists of a subject and a predicate, where the predicate is typically a verb phrase – a verb together with any objects and other modifiers. However the subject is sometimes not expressed; this is often the case in null-subject languages if the subject is retrievable from context, but it also occurs in certain cases in other languages such as English. A simple sentence usually consists of a single finite clause with a finite verb that is independent. More complex sentences may contain multiple clauses. Main clauses are those that can stand alone as a sentence. Subordinate clauses are those that would be awkward or incomplete alone.

Definition of clause in the English dictionary

The definition of clause in the dictionary is a section of a legal document such as a contract, will, or draft statute.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CLAUSE


applause
əˈplɔːz
Azores
əˈzɔːz
cause
kɔːz
chores
tʃɔːz
Dawes
dɔːz
Doors
dɔːz
drawers
drɔːz
gauze
ɡɔːz
in-laws
ˈɪnˌlɔːz
indoors
ˌɪnˈdɔːz
jaws
dʒɔːz
Lawes
lɔːz
menopause
ˈmɛnəʊˌpɔːz
Mors
mɔːz
outdoors
ˌaʊtˈdɔːz
pause
pɔːz
scores
skɔːz
shores
ʃɔːz
stores
stɔːz
yours
jɔːz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CLAUSE

claucht
Claude
Claude Lorrain
Claudel
claudication
Claudius
Claudius II
clausal
Clausewitz
Clausius
claustral
claustration
claustrophilia
claustrophobe
claustrophobia
claustrophobic
claustrophobically
claustrum
clausula
clausular

WORDS THAT END LIKE CLAUSE

acceleration clause
arbitration clause
because
dependent clause
escalation clause
escape clause
exclusion clause
final clause
grandfather clause
indemnity clause
independent clause
main clause
noun clause
opt-out clause
penalty clause
relative clause
restrictive relative clause
saving clause
sub-clause
subordinate clause
sunset clause

Synonyms and antonyms of clause in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «CLAUSE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «clause» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of clause

Translation of «clause» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CLAUSE

Find out the translation of clause to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of clause from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «clause» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

条款
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cláusula
570 millions of speakers

English

clause
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

खंड
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مَادَّة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

статья
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cláusula
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দফা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

clause
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Klausa
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Klausel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

条項
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

조항
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Klausa
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

điều khoản
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உட்கூறு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

खंड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

fıkra
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

clausola
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

klauzula
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

пункт
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

clauză
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ρήτρα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

klousule
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

klausul
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

klausul
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of clause

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CLAUSE»

The term «clause» is very widely used and occupies the 15.188 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CLAUSE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «clause» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «clause» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about clause

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10 QUOTES WITH «CLAUSE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word clause.
1
Jean M. Auel
And that's how I start myself. I usually go back a couple of pages, maybe to the beginning of the chapter, and I start reading. And as I'm reading, I'm tweaking - putting in a different word, changing the syntax, putting that clause over there, you know that sort of thing.
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Hjalmar Branting
Last year, the Assembly of the League, as a result of the initiative taken by the Scandinavian nations, further limited and clarified all the provisions of the clause prescribing the duty of states to participate in sanctions.
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William J. Brennan, Jr.
Use of a mentally ill person's involuntary confession is antithetical to the notion of fundamental fairness embodied in the due process clause.
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William J. Brennan, Jr.
The principle inherent in the clause that prohibits pointless infliction of excessive punishment when less severe punishment can adequately achieve the same purposes invalidates the punishment.
5
James Burrows
I have a fun clause in my contract. If I'm not having fun, I can leave.
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Charisma Carpenter
I had been warned not to get on a motorcycle, sort of. I think there is a clause in most general basic contracts to keep yourself in one piece and not alter your looks without telling them first.
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Karen DeCrow
Knowing constitutional law helps one at the opera. The trial in 'Billy Budd,' as example, invokes the fugitive slave clause of the U.S. Constitution.
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Art Donovan
People tell me if I don't eat vegetables, I'm going to get scurvy. Well, what the hell. But I was never overweight as a player. There was a clause in my contract that said I had to weigh in at 270 every Friday morning. I always made it. I'd have dinner on Monday, and then I wouldn't eat until Friday.
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Michael Kinsley
It wouldn't be fair to say that conservatives cherish property the way liberals cherish equality. But it would be fair to say that the takings clause is the conservatives' recipe for judicial activism just as they say liberals have misused the equal protection clause.
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Michael Kinsley
The 'takings' clause of the Fifth Amendment is for conservatives what the equal protection clause of the 14th is for liberals.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CLAUSE»

Discover the use of clause in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to clause and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Understanding the FIDIC Red Book: A Clause by Clause Commentary
This work examines the International Federation of Consulting Engineers' contracts and breaks them down, making them both easier to understand and to refer to.
Jeremy Glover, Simon Hughes, 2011
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Understanding the New FIDIC Red Book: A Clause-by-clause ...
Provides clause-by-clause commentary on the FIDIC Red Book, the widely used international construction contract.
Jeremy Glover, Simon Hughes, 2006
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Main Clause Phenomena: New Horizons
Besides enriching the empirical domain, this volume also engages with the theoretical question of how best to capture the distribution of MCP and, in particular, to what extent they are embeddable and why.
Lobke Aelbrecht, Liliane M. V. Haegeman, Rachel Nye, 2012
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The Clause in English: In Honour of Rodney Huddleston
The focus in this volume is on grammatical aspects of the clause in English, presenting a fine balance between theoretically- and descriptively-oriented approaches.
Peter Collins, David A. Lee, 1999
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Clause and Effect: Prolog Programming for the Working Programmer
A workbook for programmers who are new to Prolog and who wish to write useful Prolog programs, by the first author of the runaway bestseller "Programming in Prolog" (with C.S. Mellish).
William Clocksin, 1997
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Clause Combining in Grammar and Discourse
Analyses like this are given in the present volume.
John Haiman, Sandra A. Thompson, 1988
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Toussaint's Clause: The Founding Fathers and the Haitian ...
The story of an early American foreign policy crisis and its lasting effect on liberty and the Caribbean
Gordon S. Brown, 2005
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The Supremacy Clause: A Reference Guide to the United States ...
Reviews the history of the Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution and surveys current legal doctrines that have developed under it.
Christopher R. Drahozal, 2004
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Edward Hopper in Vermont
In this accessible volume, Bonnie Tocher Clause tells the story of the Hoppers' visits to Vermont, their stays on the Slater farm, and their introduction to farm life.
Bonnie Tocher Clause, 2012
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Clause Linking and Clause Hierarchy: Syntax and Pragmatics
This collective volume explores clause-linkage strategies in a cross-linguistic perspective with greater emphasis on subordination.
Isabelle Bril, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CLAUSE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term clause is used in the context of the following news items.
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Mbeki: ANC offered National Party sunset clause without it asking
That the ANC offered the sunset clause to the National Party, saying the ruling party at the time never asked for that clause but they were ... «News24, Jul 15»
2
Jeremy Clarkson ITV Show Won't Air Until 2017: BBC Clause Stops …
According to The Mirror, a clause in the BBC contracts will not allow Clarkson to create a rival motoring show on a UK channel until 2017. «iDigitalTimes.com, Jul 15»
3
Discrimination clause could rein in powers: Tim Soutphommasane
He defended the inclusion of a non-discrimination clause in the Constitution, one of the options canvassed by a parliamentary committee that ... «The Australian, Jul 15»
4
Missing Contract Clause Costs Grand Junction $127K
The section of Englehart's employment contract dealing with termination failed to include a “termination for cause” clause. The missing clause ... «WesternSlopeNow, Jul 15»
5
GAFTA default clause and assessment of damages: Supreme Court …
The Supreme Court unanimously held that, on its true construction, the GAFTA default clause did not entitle buyers to recover significant ... «Lexology, Jul 15»
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'I don't think anybody wants me to break nudity clause'
Explaining his decision to break the first clause, Chetan says, "For a while now, everyone has been insisting that I shake a leg on the show. «Mumbai Mirror, Jul 15»
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Revealed: Barcelona's weird clause that gives Man Utd and …
BARCELONA have inserted a clause in their agreement to sign Arda Turan in ... But is a twist, Barca have inserted a clause that could see the ... «Express.co.uk, Jul 15»
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Atletico too late to cancel Alderweireld clause, says Koeman
Southampton manager Ronald Koeman claims Atletico Madrid were too slow to cancel a clause in Toby Alderweireld's contract that allows the ... «Goal.com, Jul 15»
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Joint parliamentary panel to take up clause-by-clause consideration …
New Delhi: The vexed land acquisition bill is all set to face the crucial test at the hands of the joint parliamentary panel which may take up ... «Firstpost, Jul 15»
10
Thampu Sets Quit Clause as College Row Deepens
NEW DELHI: Stepping up their protests against St Stephen's Principal Valson Thampu, students and teachers of Delhi University and women ... «The New Indian Express, Jul 15»

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