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noun Grammar.
- a clause that can stand alone as a sentence, containing a subject and a predicate with a finite verb, as I was there in the sentence I was there when he arrived.
noun
- grammar a main or coordinate clauseCompare dependent clause
noun
- grammar a clause that can stand alone as a sentenceCompare subordinate clause
A clause that can stand alone as a sentence. The following sentence consists of two independent clauses joined by but: “The farmers complained of the low price of food, but the office workers did not complain.” (Compare dependent clause.)