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topic sentence

topic sentence noun: a sentence at the beginning of a paragraph indicating the general matter to be discussed later in that paragraph.

Noun

topic sentence (plural topic sentences)

  1. A sentence at the beginning of a paragraph indicating the general matter to be discussed later in that paragraph.

Forms of topic sentence

pluraltopic sentences

Questions about topic sentence

What does topic sentence mean?
Topic sentence means a sentence at the beginning of a paragraph indicating the general matter to be discussed later in that paragraph.
What part of speech is topic sentence?
Topic sentence is a noun.
What is the plural of topic sentence?
The plural of topic sentence is topic sentences.

Words near topic sentence in the dictionary

  1. topic
  2. Topic A
  3. topic map
  4. topic maps
  5. topic of conversation
  6. topic sentence
  7. topic sentences
  8. topical
  9. topicalisation
  10. topicalise
  11. topicalised

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