simple sentence

noun

a sentence having only one clause, as I saw her the day before yesterday.
Compare complex sentence, compound-complex sentence, compound sentence.

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British Dictionary definitions for simple sentence

simple sentence

noun

a sentence consisting of a single main clause Compare compound sentence, complex sentence

Cultural definitions for simple sentence

simple sentence

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.)