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clause

/kˈlɔːz/KLAWZ
/kˈlɔz/KLAWZ

Meaninga closing (of a sentence)

Common meaning: a section in a legal text

Other meanings: a word group with its own verb

Journey through time

  1. Latinclaudō, clausī, clausum‘to shut, close’
  2. Middle Englishclausesource
  3. Englishclause‘a section in a legal text’ · today

claus also in: closeclosetencloseexcludeinclude

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin claudō ‘to shut, close’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry claudō, p. 350 · dictionary scan

Roots

Related words

closeclosetconcludeconclusiondiscloseencloseexcludeexclusiveincluderecluse

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