sentence

Definition of Sentence in English :

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Noun

1. sentence

a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language

Example Sentences:
'he always spoke in grammatical sentences'

2. condemnation, conviction, judgment of conviction, sentence

(criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed

Example Sentences:
'the conviction came as no surprise'

3. prison term, sentence, time

the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned

Example Sentences:
'he served a prison term of 15 months'
'his sentence was 5 to 10 years'
'he is doing time in the county jail'

Verb

4. condemn, doom, sentence

pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law

Example Sentences:
'He was condemned to ten years in prison'

condemn
doom

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Sentence

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noun

1.

a sequence of words capable of standing alone to make an assertion, ask a question, or give a command, usually consisting of a subject and a predicate containing a finite verb

2.

the judgment formally pronounced upon a person convicted in criminal proceedings, esp the decision as to what punishment is to be imposed

3.

an opinion, judgment, or decision

4. music another word for period (sense 11)

5.

any short passage of scripture employed in liturgical use

the funeral sentences

6. logic

a well-formed expression, without variables

7. archaic

a proverb, maxim, or aphorism

verb

8. (transitive)

to pronounce sentence on (a convicted person) in a court of law

the judge sentenced the murderer to life imprisonment

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noun

1.

a.

a decision or judgment, as of a court; esp., the determination by a court of the punishment of a convicted person

b.

the punishment itself

2. Grammar

a word or a group of syntactically related words that states, asks, commands, or exclaims something; conventional unit of connected speech or writing, usually containing a subject and a predicate: in writing, a sentence begins with a capital letter and concludes with an end mark (period, question mark, etc.), and in speech a sentence begins following a silence and concludes with any of various final pitches and a terminal juncture

3. Archaic

a short moral saying; maxim

4. Music

period

verb transitiveWord forms: ˈsentenced or ˈsentencing

5.

to pronounce judgment or punishment upon (a convicted person); condemn (to a specified punishment)

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n.

1. A grammatical unit that is syntactically independent and has a subject that is expressed or, as in imperative sentences, understood and a predicate that contains at least one finite verb.

2. The penalty imposed by a law court or other authority upon someone found guilty of a crime or other offense.

3. Archaic A maxim.

4. Obsolete An opinion, especially one given formally after deliberation.

tr.v. sen·tenced, sen·tenc·ing, sen·tenc·es

To impose a sentence on (a criminal defendant found guilty, for example).

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