Plural of clause
regular plural
The plural of clause is clauses.
Forms of clause
| Singular | clause /klɔːz/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | clauses |
| Countable | countable |
Clauses in a sentence
- There is little authority in English law dealing with the liability of a carrier who unnecessarily clauses a bill of lading.2004, Martin Dockra with Katherine Reece Thomas, Cases & materials on the carriage of goods by sea, page 104
- Grammarians are agreed that contact clauses are a paratactic construction of two independent clauses.From the entry agreed
- A conjunction links two clauses in one sentence, whereas a conjunctive adverb links ideas in different sentences.From the entry conjunctive adverb
- The corpus was searched for clauses and nonclauses that illustrated the relevant property.From the entry nonclause
- Much the most common verb in complex-intransitive clauses is be.From the entry most
Meaning of clause
- noun A group of words that contains a subject and a verb; it may be part of a sentence or may constitute the whole sentence, depending on the syntax in each instance.
- noun A verb, its necessary grammatical arguments, and any adjuncts affecting them.
- noun A verb along with its subject and their modifiers. If a clause provides a complete thought on its own, then it is an independent (superordinate) clause; otherwise, it is dependent (subordinate). (Independent clauses can be sentences; they can also be part of a sentence. Dependent clauses can only be part of a sentence.).
Questions about the plural of clause
- What is the plural of clause?
- The plural of clause is clauses.
- Is clause countable?
- Clause is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: clause (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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