Simple-sentence
noun
1.
a sentence having only one clause, as I saw her the day before yesterday.
simple sentence
noun
1.
a sentence consisting of a single main clause Compare compound sentence, complex sentence
simple sentence definition
A sentence containing only one independent clause and no dependent clauses: “He went home after class.” (Compare complex sentence, compound sentence, and compound-complex sentence.)
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