sentential
sentential adjective: relating to a sentence.
Adjective
sentential (not comparable)
- Relating to a sentence.
Noun
sentential (plural sententials)
- A portion of a sentence or utterance that could act on its own as a complete sentence.
- Near-synonym: clause
- Furthermore, children demonstrated that they understood the mapping by elaborating phrasals to sententials, and reducing sententials to phrasals when imitating.1985, Dan Isaac Slobin, The Crosslinguistic Study of Language Acquisition, page 105
- Synonyms:
- clause
sentential meaning in Tamil
sentential in Tamil
- வாக்கியத் தொடர்பான
Synonyms of sentential
Forms of sentential
| plural | sententials |
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Origin of sentential
From Latin sententialis.
Words formed from sentential
Phrases with sentential
Questions about sentential
- What does sentential mean?
- Sentential means relating to a sentence.
- What is sentential in Tamil?
- Sentential in Tamil is வாக்கியத் தொடர்பான. See Sentential meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is sentential?
- Sentential can be an adjective or a noun.
Words near sentential in the dictionary
Source and license
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