English > sentence: 4 senses > noun 1, communication| Meaning | A string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language. |
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| Example | "he always spoke in grammatical sentences" |
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| Parts | clause | (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence |
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| constituent, grammatical constituent | (grammar) a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger / larger grammatical construction |
| Narrower | complex sentence | A sentence composed of at least one main clause and one subordinate clause |
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| compound sentence | A sentence composed of at least two coordinate independent clauses |
| declarative sentence, declaratory sentence | A sentence (in the indicative mood) that makes a declaration |
| question, interrogation, interrogative, interrogative sentence | A sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply |
| run-on sentence | An ungrammatical sentence in which two or more independent clauses are conjoined without a conjunction |
| simple sentence | A sentence having no coordinate clauses or subordinate clauses |
| topic sentence | A sentence that states the topic of its paragraph |
| Broader | string of words, word string, linguistic string | A linear sequence of words as spoken or written |
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| Spanish | frase, oración |
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| Catalan | frase, oració, sentència |
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| Adjectives | sentential | of or relating to a sentence |
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