complex sentence
A sentence that contains an independent clause as well as one or more dependent…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.
» Academic writing tends to use more complex sentences.
Meaning
2 sensesA 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.
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сло́жное предложе́ниеslóžnoje predložénije
A sentence that contains multiple clauses, whether independent (coordinated) or dependent (subordinated); compound or complex sentence.
- a sentence composed of at least one main clause and one subordinate clause
Examples
2 sentencesAcademic writing tends to use more complex sentences.
Góngora's poetry is characterized by erudition and complex sentences.
Translations
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Forms
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