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complex sentence

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(Linguistics / Grammar) Grammar a sentence containing at least one main clause and one subordinate clause

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complex sentence - a sentence composed of at least one main clause and one subordinate clause sentence - a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language; "he always spoke in grammatical sentences" loose sentence - a complex sentence in which the main clause comes first and the subordinate clause follows periodic sentence - a complex sentence in which the main clause comes last and is preceded by the subordinate clause independent clause, main clause - a clause in a complex sentence that can stand alone as a complete sentence coordinate clause - a clause in a complex sentence that is grammatically equivalent to the main clause and that performs the same grammatical function dependent clause, subordinate clause - a clause in a complex sentence that cannot stand alone as a complete sentence and that functions within the sentence as a noun or adjective or adverb