clauses

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clauses — noun

  • clausessingular
  • clausesesplural

1. one of the separate statements in a law, contract, or similar document, each cov

1.名詞B2
釋義

one of the separate statements in a law, contract, or similar document, each covering a particular point.

例句

The lease now includes a clause about keeping pets in the flat.

clause about + topic in a contract

Our lawyer removed the last clause before Mina signed the agreement.

同義詞
  • provision

    more formal and common in legal writing

  • term

    often used for a condition or rule in an agreement

  • section

    broader and can refer to a larger division than a clause

文法句型

clause in a contract

clause saying + clause

Clause + number

用法筆記

Often numbered in formal documents and commonly followed by in when you name the document, as in a clause in the lease or in the contract.

常見錯誤

❌We signed the clause yesterday.
✅We signed the contract yesterday.
💡a clause is only one part of the whole document.
❌The lawyer changed one clause of the sentence.
✅The lawyer changed one clause of the contract.
💡this legal sense is about documents, not grammar examples.

2. a part of a sentence made up of words that includes its own subject and verb.

2.名詞B2
釋義

a part of a sentence made up of words that includes its own subject and verb.

例句

In 'When Lina arrived, we started dinner,' the first clause sets the time.

time clause before the main clause

Ms. Chen asked the class to underline the clause with the verb 'was'.

文法句型

main clause

relative clause

join clauses with + linker

用法筆記

Used in grammar for a word group with its own verb. A phrase can be shorter and does not need a verb, so the two terms are not interchangeable.

常見錯誤

❌after school' is a clause.
✅after school' is a phrase.
💡it has no verb, so it is not a clause.
❌A clause is the same as a whole sentence.
✅A clause can be only one part of a sentence.
💡some sentences contain more than one clause.