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complex sentence en · NOUN

Meanings

1. A sentence that contains an independent clause as well as one or more dependent clauses, such as a relative clause, an adverbial clause, or a noun clause.
2. A sentence that contains multiple clauses, whether independent (coordinated) or dependent (subordinated); compound or complex sentence.
   • Sentences are either simple or complex. […] A complex sentence consists of two or more members, as, “Alexander, when he had conquered the world, is said to have wept, because there were not other worlds to subdue.” […] When a member of a complex sentence is simple, it is called indifferently a member, or a clause; as, “I have called; but ye have refused.” 1830, Alexander Crombie, Etymology and Syntax of the English Language, page 226:
   • Complex sentences are traditionally divided into two basic types: (i) sentences including co-ordinate clauses, and (ii) sentences including subordinate clauses. 2004, Holger Diessel, The Acquisition of Complex Sentences, page 42:
   • A sentence consisting of more than one clause is said to be complex. […] There are many ways of combining clauses to form a complex sentence. Coordinate constructions represent the special case of symmetry, parallelism, and coequality among the component clauses. More typically, these properties are lacking by virtue of one clause being subordinated to another. 2008, Ronald W. Langacker, Cognitive Grammar: A Basic Introduction, pages 406, 412:

Forms

Coordinates

compound sentence · compound-complex sentence · simple sentence

Synonyms

composite sentence

Translations (17)

th สังกรประโยค (sentence containing one independent clause and a dependent clause) · az tabeli mürəkkəb cümlə (sentence containing one independent clause and a dependent clause) · id kalimat majemuk bertingkat (sentence containing one independent clause and a dependent clause) · fr phrase complexe (sentence containing one independent clause and a dependent clause) · fi alisteinen yhdyslause (sentence containing one independent clause and a dependent clause) · ja 複文 (sentence containing one independent clause and a dependent clause) · tl hugnayang pangungusap (sentence containing one independent clause and a dependent clause) · hu összetett mondat (sentence containing one independent clause and a dependent clause) · cmn 複句 /复句 (sentence containing one independent clause and a dependent clause) · ru сло́жное предложе́ние (sentence containing one independent clause and a dependent clause) · ko 복문 (sentence containing one independent clause and a dependent clause) · pl zdanie złożone (sentence containing one independent clause and a dependent clause) · cy brawddeg gymhleth (sentence containing one independent clause and a dependent clause) · th ประโยคความซ้อน (sentence containing one independent clause and a dependent clause) · de Satzgefüge (sentence containing one independent clause and a dependent clause) · tl langkapang pangungusap (sentence containing one independent clause and a dependent clause) · it periodo (sentence containing one independent clause and a dependent clause)