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COORDINATE CLAUSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does coordinate clause mean? 

COORDINATE CLAUSE (noun)
  The noun COORDINATE CLAUSE has 1 sense:

1. a clause in a complex sentence that is grammatically equivalent to the main clause and that performs the same grammatical functionplay

  Familiarity information: COORDINATE CLAUSE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


COORDINATE CLAUSE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A clause in a complex sentence that is grammatically equivalent to the main clause and that performs the same grammatical function

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("coordinate clause" is a kind of...):

clause ((grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate functioning as a part of a complex sentence)

Holonyms ("coordinate clause" is a part of...):

complex sentence (a sentence composed of at least one main clause and one subordinate clause)


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