compound sentence

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compound sentence

noun compound sentences

  1. A sentence that contains two or more independent clauses, joined by a conjunction (such as 'but', 'and') or punctuation (such as ',').

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noun a sentence that has two or more independent clauses, joined by a conjunction or punctuation.

Españoloración coordinada
한국어병렬문 byeongnyeolmun
日本語重文 jūbun
Françaisphrase complexe
DeutschSatzreihe, Satzverbindung
Русскийсложносочинённое предложе́ние složnosočinjónnoje predložénije

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@misc{compound_sentence_2026,
  title = {compound sentence},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/compound%20sentence},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}