clause

Other forms of clause

plural

clauses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about clause

What does clause mean?

clause means "(grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate functioning as a part of a complex sentence". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in clause?

clause has 1 syllable: clause. In IPA it is /ˈklɔz/.

What is another word for clause?

Close synonyms include article. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is clause a common word?

clause is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.