"incomplete sentence" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: incomplete sentences [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} incomplete sentence (plural incomplete sentences)
  1. (grammar) A group of words that appear to convey only part of a complete thought, lacking some component which is grammatically necessary to complete the thought. Categories (topical): Grammar Translations (a group of words which appears to convey only part of a complete thought (grammar)): 不完整的句子 (bù wánzhěng de jùzi) (Chinese Mandarin), epätäydellinen lause (Finnish), phrase incomplète [feminine] (French), unvollständiger Satz [masculine] (German), 不完全な文章 (fukanzen na bunshō) (alt: ふかんぜんなぶんしょう) (Japanese), непо́лное предложе́ние (nepólnoje predložénije) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-incomplete_sentence-en-noun-4ZeR0qiW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Japanese terms with redundant script codes Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Inflected forms

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          "code": "cmn",
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          "roman": "bù wánzhěng de jùzi",
          "sense": "a group of words which appears to convey only part of a complete thought (grammar)",
          "word": "不完整的句子"
        },
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "a group of words which appears to convey only part of a complete thought (grammar)",
          "word": "epätäydellinen lause"
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          "sense": "a group of words which appears to convey only part of a complete thought (grammar)",
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          "word": "不完全な文章"
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nepólnoje predložénije",
          "sense": "a group of words which appears to convey only part of a complete thought (grammar)",
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        "(grammar) A group of words that appear to convey only part of a complete thought, lacking some component which is grammatically necessary to complete the thought."
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  "translations": [
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bù wánzhěng de jùzi",
      "sense": "a group of words which appears to convey only part of a complete thought (grammar)",
      "word": "不完整的句子"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a group of words which appears to convey only part of a complete thought (grammar)",
      "word": "epätäydellinen lause"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a group of words which appears to convey only part of a complete thought (grammar)",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "de",
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      ],
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    },
    {
      "alt": "ふかんぜんなぶんしょう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "fukanzen na bunshō",
      "sense": "a group of words which appears to convey only part of a complete thought (grammar)",
      "word": "不完全な文章"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nepólnoje predložénije",
      "sense": "a group of words which appears to convey only part of a complete thought (grammar)",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "непо́лное предложе́ние"
    }
  ],
  "word": "incomplete sentence"
}

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