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compound sentence

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

Noun

compound sentence (plural compound sentences)

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

compound sentence meaning in Tamil, Kannada, Tagalog and Malay

compound sentence in Tamil

கூட்டுச் சொற்றொடர்

compound sentence in Kannada

ಸಂಯುಕ್ತ ವಾಕ್ಯ

compound sentence in Tagalog

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

compound sentence in Malay

a sentence that has two or more independent clauses, joined by a conjunction or punctuation.
ayat majmuk
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compound sentence in Indonesian
kalimat majemuk setara
compound sentence in Thai
อเนกรรถประโยค à-nee-gàt-tà-bprà-yòok, ประโยคความรวม bprà-yòok-kwaam-ruuam

Forms of compound sentence

pluralcompound sentences

Questions about compound sentence

What does compound sentence mean?
Compound sentence means a sentence that contains two or more independent clauses, joined by a conjunction (such as 'but', 'and') or punctuation (such as ',').
What is compound sentence in Tamil?
Compound sentence in Tamil is கூட்டுச் சொற்றொடர். See Compound sentence meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is compound sentence?
Compound sentence is a noun.
What is the plural of compound sentence?
The plural of compound sentence is compound sentences.

Words near compound sentence in the dictionary

  1. compound points
  2. compound predicate word
  3. compound predicate words
  4. compound proportion
  5. compound proportions
  6. compound sentence
  7. compound sentences
  8. compound symbol
  9. compound symbols
  10. compound tense
  11. compound time

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Adapted from Wiktionary: compound sentence (page history and authors); compound sentence (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); compound sentence (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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