ALL meanings of compound sentence
com·pound sen·tence
C c - noun compound sentence a sentence containing at least two coordinate clauses 3
- noun compound sentence a sentence consisting of two or more independent, coordinate clauses (Ex.: She drinks coffee, but he prefers tea) 3
- noun compound sentence a sentence containing two or more coordinate independent clauses, usually joined by one or more conjunctions, but no dependent clause, as The lightning flashed (independent clause) and (conjunction) the rain fell (independent clause). 1
- noun compound sentence (grammar) a sentence that has two or more independent clauses, joined by a conjunction (such as 'but', 'and') and/or punctuation (such as ','). 0