PERIODIC SENTENCE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A complex sentence in which the main clause comes last and is preceded by the subordinate clause

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("periodic sentence" is a kind of...):

complex sentence (a sentence composed of at least one main clause and one subordinate clause)

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