compound sentence

compound sentence

English

Noun

compound sentence (plural compound sentences)

1. (grammar) a sentence that has two or more independent clauses, joined by a conjunction (such as 'but', 'and') and/or punctuation (such as ',').

Examples
The alarm went off and I got out of bed. I got to work but my computer wouldn't work

Coordinate terms

• (grammar): simple sentence, complex sentence

Translations

a sentence that has two or more independent clauses, joined by a conjunction and/or punctuation.

Armenian: բարդ նախադասություն (hy) (bard naxadasutʿyun) Dutch: samengestelde zin bestaande uit 2 nevengeschikte zinnen m French: phrase complexe (fr) f German: Satzreihe (de) f, Satzverbindung (de) f Hungarian: összetett mondat Japanese: 重文 (jūbun) Korean: 병렬문 (byeongnyeolmun)

Malay: ayat majmuk Polish: zdanie złożone (pl) n Russian: сложносочинённое предложе́ние n (složnosočinjónnoje predložénije) Semai: ayat majmuk Tagalog: tambalang pangungusap Thai: อเนกรรถประโยค (à-nee-gàt-tà-bprà-yòok), ประโยคความรวม (bprà-yòok-kwaam-ruuam)