compound sentence

English

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Noun

Examples
  • The alarm went off and I got out of bed.
  • I got to work but my computer wouldn't work.

compound sentence (plural compound sentences)

  1. (grammar) A sentence that contains two or more independent clauses, joined by a conjunction (such as 'but', 'and') or punctuation (such as ',').
    Coordinate terms: complex sentence, simple sentence

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