compound sentence

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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 naxadasutʻyun)
• Dutch: nevenschikkende zin m, gecoördineerde zin m
• French: phrase complexe (fr) f
• Georgian: რთული ქვეწყობილი წინადადება (rtuli kvec̣q̇obili c̣inadadeba), რთული თანწყობილი წინადადება (rtuli tanc̣q̇obili c̣inadadeba)
• German: Satzreihe (de) f, Satzverbindung (de) f
• Hungarian: összetett mondat
• Indonesian: kalimat majemuk setara (id)
• Japanese: 重文 (jūbun)
• Korean: 병렬문 (byeongnyeolmun)
• Malay: ayat majmuk (ms)
• Polish: zdanie złożone (pl) n
• Russian: сложносочинённое предложе́ние n (složnosočinjónnoje predložénije)
• Semai: ayat majmuk
• Spanish: oración coordinada (es) f
• Tagalog: tambalang pangungusap
• Thai: อเนกรรถประโยค (à-nee-gàt-tà-bprà-yòok), ประโยคความรวม (bprà-yòok-kwaam-ruuam)
• Welsh: brawddeg gyfansawdd f