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topic sentences

topic sentences is the plural of topic sentence.

Meaning of topic sentence

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.

Questions about topic sentences

What is topic sentences the plural of?
Topic sentences is the plural of topic sentence.

Words near topic sentences in the dictionary

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

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