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How to pronounce “sentence

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Definition summary
(dated) The decision or judgement of a jury or court; a verdict. [from 14th c.]

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Clean, Well-Lighted, Sentences

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A Deep Dive Into “sentence

Meaning

  • [Noun]
  • (dated) The decision or judgement of a jury or court; a verdict. [from 14th c.]
  • The judicial order for a punishment to be imposed on a person convicted of a crime. [from 14th c.]
  • A punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime.
  • (obsolete) A saying, especially from a great person; a maxim, an apophthegm. [14th–19th c.]
  • (grammar) A grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate, even if one or the other is implied. In modern writing, when using e.g. the Latin, Greek or Cyrillic alphabets, typically beginning with a capital letter and ending with a full stop or other punctuation. [from 15th c.]
  • (logic) A formula with no free variables. [from 20th c.]
  • (computing theory) Any of the set of strings that can be generated by a given formal grammar. [from 20th c.]
  • (obsolete) Sense; meaning; significance.
  • (obsolete) One's opinion; manner of thinking. [14th–17th c.]
  • (archaic) A pronounced opinion or judgment on a given question. [from 14th c.]
  • [Verb]
  • (transitive) To declare a sentence on a convicted person; to condemn to punishment.
  • (especially law or poetic) To decree, announce, or pass as a sentence.
  • (obsolete) To utter sententiously.

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