| NOUN | communication | complex sentence | a sentence composed of at least one main clause and one subordinate clause |
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| Meaning | A sentence composed of at least one main clause and one subordinate clause. | |
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| Parts | coordinate clause | A clause in a complex sentence that is grammatically equivalent to the main clause and that performs the same grammatical function |
| main clause, independent clause | A clause in a complex sentence that can stand alone as a complete sentence | |
| subordinate clause, dependent clause | A clause in a complex sentence that cannot stand alone as a complete sentence and that functions within the sentence as a noun or adjective / adjective or adverb / adverb | |
| Narrower | loose sentence | A complex sentence in which the main clause comes first and the subordinate clause follows |
| periodic sentence | A complex sentence in which the main clause comes last and is preceded by the subordinate clause | |
| Broader | sentence | A string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language |
| Spanish | oración subordinada | |
| Catalan | oració subordinada | |
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