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Compound Sentence

Definition: Compound Sentence

Compound Sentence

Noun

1. A sentence composed of at least two coordinate independent clauses.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Specialty Definition: Compound Sentence

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Language

A complex sentence whose constituent clauses are grammatically co-ordinate, i. e. no one being dependent on the others, but all being, as it were, added together in sequence, with or without the so-called co-ordinating conjunctions(and, but, etc. ). Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Compound Sentence

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

compound sentence

41

complex compound sentence

23

complex compound sentence simple

4

complex compound sentence test

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Compound Sentence

Language Translations for "compound sentence"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

periode sammensat af sideordnede sætninger (co-ordinate complex sentence), periode sammensat af hovedsætninger (co-ordinate complex sentence). (various references)

   

French

  

phrase complexe coordonnée (co-ordinate complex sentence). (various references)

   

German

  

satzreihe, koordinierter komplexer Satz (co-ordinate complex sentence). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

παρατακτική σύνθετη πρόταση (co-ordinate complex sentence). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

mellérendelt összetett mondat. (various references)

   

Italian

  

frase composta, frase complessa coordinata (co-ordinate complex sentence). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

重文 (important national treasure). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

じゅうぶ" (adequate, division into ten, enough, fully, important national treasure, in full, perfect, plenty, satisfactory, sufficient, thorough). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ompoundcay entencesay

   

Portuguese

  

sentença composta. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

сложное предложение. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

oración compuesta coordinada (co-ordinate complex sentence), oración compuesta (complex sentence). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

bileşik cümle (complex sentence), bağlı cümle. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Compound Sentence

Misspellings

"Compound Sentence" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: compund sentence. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Compound Sentence

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-c-d-e-e-e-m-n-n-n-o-o-p-s-t-u"

-3 letters: denouncements.

-4 letters: denouncement.

-5 letters: competences, denouements, unconnected.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Expressions: Internet
3. Translations: Modern
4. Derivations
5. Anagrams
6. Bibliography


  

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