Usually means: Two independent clauses, one sentence.
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  1. compound sentences: Collins English Dictionary
  2. compound sentences: Vocabulary.com
  3. compound sentences: Wiktionary
  4. Compound sentences: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  5. Compound sentences: TheFreeDictionary.com

(Note: See compound_sentence as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (compound sentence)

noun:  (grammar) A sentence that has two or more independent clauses, joined by a conjunction (such as 'but', 'and') and/or punctuation (such as ',').
▸ Also see compound_sentence


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