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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A clause in a complex sentence that contains at least a subject and a verb and can stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence.

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

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

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