an independent clause that is connected to another one of equal importance, often with a conjunction such as ‘and’, ‘but’, or ‘or’. For example in the sentence ‘He died and she married again’ there are two coordinate clauses.
Synonyms and related words
Types and forms of word, clause or sentence
accusative
adjunct
allomorph
coordinate clause
noun countable linguistics
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Word Forms
singular
coordinate clause
plural
coordinate clauses
DEFINITIONS1
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an independent clause that is connected to another one of equal importance, often with a conjunction such as ‘and’, ‘but’, or ‘or’. For example in the sentence ‘He died and she married again’ there are two coordinate clauses.