noun
- clauses or phrases that function as components within a larger sentence structure
Usage: linguistics; grammar
Examples
- The linguist analyzed the subsentences within the complex paragraph.
- Each subsentence contributed to the overall meaning of the compound statement.
- Students learned to identify subsentences in their grammar exercises.
- The parser broke down the text into its constituent subsentences.
- Relative clauses are common types of subsentences in English.
- The algorithm processes subsentences before analyzing the full sentence.