(grammar) a sentence that contains an independent clause as well as one or more dependent clauses, such as a relative clause, an adverbial clause, or a noun clause.

(linguistics) A phrase that is linguistically correct, but of no realistically practical use.

plural of postilion sentence

plural of affirmative sentence

(linguistics) A complex sentence whose meaning could be expressed by a simple sentence, that has a dependent clause in front of the main clause, and that typically stresses a particular constituent.

plural of Wenker sentence

(linguistics) Any of 40 sample sentences, written in Standard German, used to map spoken dialects of the German language.

(grammar) In certain approaches to grammar, a part of the sentence, classified as one of subject, predicate, object, predicative and adverbial.

(grammar) An adverb that modifies an entire clause or sentence rather than a single word or phrase.

(grammar) A sentence discussing factual implications or hypothetical situations and their consequences. A full conditional sentence contains two clauses: the condition or protasis, and the consequence or apodosis.