clause
Pronunciation[change]
Noun[change]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/ParseTree.svg/220px-ParseTree.svg.png)
- A clause is a section in a contract or other legal document.
- The author's contract contained a clause giving him creative control over the films.
- (grammar) A clause is a group of words that usually includes a subject and a predicate. In English, the subject usually comes before the predicate.
- The last clause in the sentence is hard to understand without knowing some background.