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complex sentences

complex sentences is the plural of complex sentence.

Meaning of complex sentence

Noun

complex sentence (plural complex sentences)

  1. A sentence that contains an independent clause as well as one or more dependent clauses, such as a relative clause, an adverbial clause, or a noun clause.
  2. A sentence that contains multiple clauses, whether independent (coordinated) or dependent (subordinated); compound or complex sentence.
    • Sentences are either simple or complex. […] A complex sentence consists of two or more members, as, “Alexander, when he had conquered the world, is said to have wept, because there were not other worlds to subdue.” […] When a member of a complex sentence is simple, it is called indifferently a...1830, Alexander Crombie, Etymology and Syntax of the English Language, page 226

Questions about complex sentences

What is complex sentences the plural of?
Complex sentences is the plural of complex sentence.

Words near complex sentences in the dictionary

  1. complex question
  2. complex questions
  3. complex regional pain syndrome
  4. complex regional pain syndromes
  5. complex sentence
  6. complex sentences
  7. complex transitive
  8. complex volcano
  9. complex volcanoes
  10. complex-differentiable
  11. complexabilities

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