What does "sentential" mean?

A portion of a sentence or utterance that could act on its own as a complete sentence.

What is a synonym for "sentential"?

Common synonyms include: clause.

Sentential

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun

1
A portion of a sentence or utterance that could act on its own as a complete sentence.
"Near-synonym: clause"

Adjective

1
Relating to a sentence. not-comparable

Adjective

1
of or relating to a sentence wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

clause

Example

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"Furthermore, children demonstrated that they understood the mapping by elaborating phrasals to sententials, and reducing sententials to phrasals when imitating."

Etymology

From Latin sententialis.

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