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PERIODIC SENTENCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does periodic sentence mean? 

PERIODIC SENTENCE (noun)
  The noun PERIODIC SENTENCE has 1 sense:

1. a complex sentence in which the main clause comes last and is preceded by the subordinate clauseplay

  Familiarity information: PERIODIC SENTENCE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PERIODIC SENTENCE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A complex sentence in which the main clause comes last and is preceded by the subordinate clause

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("periodic sentence" is a kind of...):

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


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