Definition of complex sentence Complex sentence
com•plex sen•tence
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What does complex sentence mean?
WordNet
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| complex sentence - a sentence composed of at least one main clause and one subordinate clause | ||
| sentence a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language; "he always spoke in grammatical sentences" | ||
| 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 | ||
| independent clause, main clause a clause in a complex sentence that can stand alone as a complete sentence | ||
| coordinate clause a clause in a complex sentence that is grammatically equivalent to the main clause and that performs the same grammatical function | ||
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Wiktionary 
- complex sentence (Noun)
A sentence that contains an independent clause as well as one or more dependent clause s, joined by a sub-ordinating conjunction such as 'however'.
