simple sentence

simple sentence noun

1. a sentence having only one clause, as I saw her the day before yesterday.

Compare complex sentence, compound-complex sentence, compound sentence. Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 British Dictionary definitions for simple sentence simple sentence noun

1. a sentence consisting of a single main clauseCompare compound sentence, complex sentence

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A sentence containing only one independent clause and no dependent clauses: “He went home after class.” (Compare complex sentence, compound sentence, and compound-complex sentence.)

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