WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
sim′ple sen′tence, 
  1. Grammara sentence having only one clause, as I saw her the day before yesterday. Cf. complex sentence, compound-complex sentence, compound sentence. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
simple sentence
  1. a sentence consisting of a single main clause
    Compare compound sentence, complex sentence
'simple sentence' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
clause - predicate - subject - verb phrase

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