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Independent clause Moderate

Independent clause has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a clause in a complex sentence that can stand alone as a complete sentence

2

A clause that can stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence; contains at least a subject and a verb.

See Also
subject tricolon verb compound sentence syntactically complex sentence simple sentence run on sentence
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
clause
Rhyming Words
use cuse duse fuse euse ruse muse suse ause ouse zuse cause v use meuse kouse couse bouse druse mouse pause
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