Usually means: Sentences with independent and dependent clauses.
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  1. complex sentences: Collins English Dictionary
  2. complex sentences: Vocabulary.com
  3. complex sentences: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  4. complex sentences: Wiktionary
  5. complex sentences: TheFreeDictionary.com

(Note: See complex_sentence as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (complex sentence)

noun:  (grammar) A sentence that contains an independent clause as well as one or more dependent clauses, such as a relative clause, an adverbial clause, or a noun clause.
noun:  (linguistics) A sentence that contains multiple clauses, whether independent (coordinated) or dependent (subordinated); compound or complex sentence.
▸ Also see complex_sentence


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