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complex sentence
noun
- a sentence containing one or more dependent clauses in addition to the main clause, as When the bell rings (dependent clause), walk out (main clause).
complex sentence
noun
- grammar a sentence containing at least one main clause and one subordinate clause
complex sentence
- A sentence that contains one main clause or independent clause and at least one subordinate clause or dependent clause : “Although I am tired (subordinate clause), I want to go to the midnight movie (main clause).” ( See subordination ; compare compound sentence , compound-complex sentence , and simple sentence .)
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of complex sentence1
First recorded in 1880–85
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