subclause
/ˈsʌbˌklɔz/
noun
- A part of a clause in a legal document, contract, or formal text that provides additional detail or a specific condition.
- The lawyer pointed out a subclause that limited the warranty to one year.
- The contract's subclause 4.2 explains the payment schedule in more detail.
- You need to read every subclause carefully before signing the agreement.
- In grammar, a group of words that contains a subject and a verb and forms part of a larger clause or sentence; also called a dependent clause.
- In the sentence 'I left because it was raining,' the subclause is 'because it was raining.'
- The teacher asked the students to identify the subclause in each complex sentence.
- A subclause often begins with words like 'if,' 'when,' or 'although.'
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