coordinate clause
nounGrammar.
one of two or more clauses of equal status in a sentence, especially when joined by a coordinating conjunction, as either The sun came out or the ice started to melt in The sun came out and the ice started to melt.
Origin of coordinate clause
1First recorded in 1870–75
Words Nearby coordinate clause
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British Dictionary definitions for coordinate clause
coordinate clause
noun
one of two or more clauses in a sentence having the same status and introduced by coordinating conjunctions: Compare subordinate clause
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