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- 1 The decision or judgement of a jury or court; a verdict. dated
"The court returned a sentence of guilt in the first charge, but innocence in the second."
- 2 (criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed wordnet
- 3 The judicial order for a punishment to be imposed on a person convicted of a crime.
"The judge declared a sentence of death by hanging for the infamous child rapist."
- 4 a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language wordnet
- 5 A punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime.
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- 6 the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned wordnet
- 7 A saying, especially from a great person; a maxim, an apophthegm. obsolete
"Men (saith an ancient Greek sentence) are tormented by the opinions they have of things, and not by things themselves."
- 8 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.
"Near-synonym: clause"
- 9 A formula with no free variables.
- 10 Any of the set of strings that can be generated by a given formal grammar.
- 11 Sense; meaning; significance. obsolete
"Noght o word spak he moore than was neede, / And that was seyd in forme and reverence / And short and quyk and ful of hy sentence […]"
- 12 One's opinion; manner of thinking. obsolete
"My sentence is for open war."
- 13 A pronounced opinion or judgment on a given question. archaic
"[I]f it may bee lawfull to iudge or giue any ſentence thereof, it [the author of the book of Ruth] was either Samuell, or ſome other godly Prophet vnder the raigne of Saule, [...]"
- 1 To declare a sentence on a convicted person; to condemn to punishment. transitive
"The judge sentenced the embezzler to ten years in prison, along with a hefty fine."
- 2 pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law wordnet
- 3 To decree, announce, or pass as a sentence. especially, poetic
"“We are empowered to deliver thee to prison; yea, the law commands us to sentence death upon the abettors of this mischief.[…]""
- 4 To utter sententiously. obsolete
"Let me heare one wise man sentence it, rather then twenty Fooles, garrulous in their lengthened tattle."
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French sentence, from Latin sententia (“way of thinking, opinion, sentiment”), from sentiēns, present participle of sentiō (“to feel, think”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sent- (“to feel”).
Borrowed from Middle French sentence, from Latin sententia (“way of thinking, opinion, sentiment”), from sentiēns, present participle of sentiō (“to feel, think”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sent- (“to feel”).
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