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loose sentence

Other forms: loose sentences

Definitions of loose sentence
  1. noun
    a complex sentence in which the main clause comes first and the subordinate clause follows
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    type of:
    complex sentence
    a sentence composed of at least one main clause and one subordinate clause
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