topic sentence

topic sentence

n. The sentence within a paragraph or discourse that states the main thought, often placed at the beginning.

topic sentence

n (Grammar) a sentence in a paragraph that expresses the main idea or point of the whole paragraph

top′ic sen′tence

n. a sentence that expresses the essential idea of a paragraph or larger section, usu. at the beginning. [1915–20]

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topic sentence - a sentence that states the topic of its paragraphsentence - a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language; "he always spoke in grammatical sentences"

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