coordinate clause

American  

noun

Grammar.

1. 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.

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coordinate clause British  

noun

1. 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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Etymology

Origin of coordinate clause

First recorded in 1870–75

Example Sentences

By making use of a coordinate clause: igami ne too gera ada fuada na we are the people whom they have chosen.

From Project Gutenberg