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nonsentences

nonsentences is the plural of nonsentence.

Meaning of nonsentence

Noun

nonsentence (plural nonsentences)

  1. An utterance that is not a sentence.
    • Those strings in the language are called sentences; the strings not in the language are called nonsentences.1979, Steven Pinker, “Formal models of language learning”, in Language, Cognition, and Human Nature

Questions about nonsentences

What is nonsentences the plural of?
Nonsentences is the plural of nonsentence.

Words near nonsentences in the dictionary

  1. nonsensory
  2. nonsensual
  3. nonsensuality
  4. nonsensuous
  5. nonsentence
  6. nonsentences
  7. nonsentential
  8. nonsentience
  9. nonsentient
  10. nonsentients
  11. nonsentimental

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