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noun

Grammar. a grammatical unit of one or more words that expresses an independent statement, question, request, command, exclamation, etc., and that typically has a subject as well as a predicate, as in John is here. or Is John here? In print or writing, a sentence typically begins with a capital letter and ends with appropriate punctuation; in speech it displays recognizable, communicative intonation patterns and is often marked by preceding and following pauses.

Law.

an authoritative decision; a judicial judgment or decree, especially the judicial determination of the punishment to be inflicted on a convicted criminal: Knowledgeable sources say that the judge will announce the sentence early next week.
the punishment itself; term: a three-year sentence.

Archaic. a saying, apothegm, or maxim.

Obsolete. an opinion given on a particular question.

verb (used with object), sen·tenced, sen·tenc·ing.

to pronounce sentence upon; condemn to punishment: The judge sentenced her to six months in jail.

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Origin of sentence

First recorded in 1175–1225; (noun) Middle English, from Old French, frpm Latin sententia “opinion, decision,” equivalent to sent- (base of sentīre “to feel”) + -entia -ence; (verb) Middle English: “to pass judgment, decide judicially,” from Old French sentencier, derivative of sentence

grammar notes for sentence

A sentence is the largest grammatical unit in language. It communicates a complete thought—an assertion, question, command, or exclamation. In general, assertions and questions—the overwhelming majority of sentences—require a subject and a verb, put together in a way that can stand alone, resulting in what is called an independent clause ( see main clause ): He kicked the ball is a sentence. After he kicked the ball is not a sentence; instead it is a dependent clause ( see subordinate clause ). Even though it has a subject and a verb, it needs to be connected to something in order to complete the assertion: After he kicked the ball, he fell down; or He fell down after he kicked the ball. In the case of commands, the subject need not be written because “you” is understood: Go home! means You go home! And exclamations clearly express excitement, alarm, anger, or the like with no need for either a subject or a verb: Wow! Gadzooks! Ouch!
In everyday speech we routinely use phrases or clauses that would not make a complete sentence—so-called sentence fragments —because the conversation or the circumstances make the meaning clear. For example, we might answer a question like “Where did you go?” with “To the store,” or “Why can’t I stay out till midnight?” with “Because I say so,” or “What are you doing?” with “Trying to fix this toaster,” instead of “I went to the store,” “You can’t stay out that late because I say so,” or “I am trying to fix this toaster.” In written dialogue sentence fragments are perfectly acceptable. They would generally be regarded as sentences simply because they begin with a capital letter and end with a suitable punctuation mark. But they are not sentences in a strict grammatical sense. And as a rule, sentence fragments are frowned upon in formal or expository writing. They can be useful—indeed, powerful—but in such writing they are effective only if used sparingly, in order to achieve a deliberate special effect: We will not give up fighting for this cause. Not now. Not ever.

OTHER WORDS FROM sentence

sen·tenc·er, nounpre·sen·tence, verb (used with object), pre·sen·tenced, pre·sen·tenc·ing.re·sen·tence, noun, verb (used with object), re·sen·tenced, re·sen·tenc·ing.un·sen·tenced, adjective

Words nearby sentence

sensuous, sensuously, Sensurround, sent, sente, sentence, sentence adverb, sentence connector, sentence fragment, sentence stress, sentence substitute

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Words related to sentence

censure, decision, edict, judgment, order, penalty, punishment, ruling, term, verdict, blame, condemn, confine, convict, imprison, incarcerate, jail, penalize, punish, book

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Simple enough, but you can glean much information from that sentence.

It does not help anyone to have communities where people feel like living there is a death sentence.
As this list shows, punishments typically run to a short-ish jail sentence and/or a moderately hefty fine.
Real Housewives of New Jersey star Teresa Giudice turned herself in to serve a 15-month sentence for bankruptcy fraud.
That Huckabee is mentioned in the same sentence with other aspiring conservative governors, especially Bobby Jindal, is laughable.
Brown had been serving a life sentence; McCollum had been on Death Row.
Had he been competently represented, the jury might well have failed to concur on a death sentence.
Before he could finish the sentence the Hole-keeper said snappishly, «Well, drop out again—quick!»
Each sentence came as if torn piecemeal from his unwilling tongue; short, jerky phrases, conceived in pain and delivered in agony.
Sentence of fine and imprisonment passed upon lord Bacon in the house of peers for bribery.
John Wilkes released from the tower by the memorable sentence of chief justice Pratt.
It seeks the shortest phrase or sentence and adds successively all the modifiers, making no omissions.

British Dictionary definitions for sentence

noun

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

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

an opinion, judgment, or decision

any short passage of scripture employed in liturgical usethe funeral sentences

logic a well-formed expression, without variables

archaic a proverb, maxim, or aphorism

verb

(tr) to pronounce sentence on (a convicted person) in a court of lawthe judge sentenced the murderer to life imprisonment

Derived forms of sentence

sentential (sɛnˈtɛnʃəl), adjectivesententially, adverb

Word Origin for sentence

C13: via Old French from Latin sententia a way of thinking, from sentīre to feel

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sentence

A sentence, whether short or long, must express a complete idea; and a complete sentence must consist of at least one independent clause—that is, a subject and predicate that make a complete thought. Independent clauses are so called because they make sense when they stand on their own. They are also sometimes referred to as “main clauses.”

sen·tence

(sĕn′təns)

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).

[Middle English, opinion, from Old French, from Latin sententia (perhaps dissimilated from *sentientia), from sentiēns, sentient-, present participle of sentīre, to feel; see sent- in Indo-European roots.]

sen′tenc·er n.

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sentence

(ˈsɛntəns)

1. (Linguistics) 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. (Law) 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, other) music another word for period¹¹

5. (Ecclesiastical Terms) any short passage of scripture employed in liturgical use: the funeral sentences.

6. (Logic) logic a well-formed expression, without variables

7. archaic a proverb, maxim, or aphorism

(Law) (tr) to pronounce sentence on (a convicted person) in a court of law: the judge sentenced the murderer to life imprisonment.

[C13: via Old French from Latin sententia a way of thinking, from sentīre to feel]

sentential adj

senˈtentially adv

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sen•tence

(ˈsɛn tns)

n., v. -tenced, -tenc•ing. n.

1. a structurally independent grammatical unit of one or more words, in speech often preceded and followed by pauses and in writing begun with a capital letter and ended with a period or other end punctuation, typically consisting of a subject and a predicate containing a finite verb and expressing a statement, question, request, command, or exclamation, as Summer is here. or Who is it? or Stop!

2. a judicial decision or decree, esp. one decreeing the punishment to be inflicted on a convicted criminal.

3. Obs. an opinion given on a particular question.

v.t.

4. to pronounce sentence upon; condemn to punishment.

[1175–1225; < Old French < Latin sententia opinion, decision =sent- (base of sentīre to feel) + -entia -ence]

sen′tenc•er, n.

Sentence

of judges—Bk. of St. Albans, 1486.

sentence

Past participle: sentenced
Gerund: sentencing

Imperative
sentence
sentence

Present
I sentence
you sentence
he/she/it sentences
we sentence
you sentence
they sentence

Preterite
I sentenced
you sentenced
he/she/it sentenced
we sentenced
you sentenced
they sentenced

Present Continuous
I am sentencing
you are sentencing
he/she/it is sentencing
we are sentencing
you are sentencing
they are sentencing

Present Perfect
I have sentenced
you have sentenced
he/she/it has sentenced
we have sentenced
you have sentenced
they have sentenced

Past Continuous
I was sentencing
you were sentencing
he/she/it was sentencing
we were sentencing
you were sentencing
they were sentencing

Past Perfect
I had sentenced
you had sentenced
he/she/it had sentenced
we had sentenced
you had sentenced
they had sentenced

Future
I will sentence
you will sentence
he/she/it will sentence
we will sentence
you will sentence
they will sentence

Future Perfect
I will have sentenced
you will have sentenced
he/she/it will have sentenced
we will have sentenced
you will have sentenced
they will have sentenced

Future Continuous
I will be sentencing
you will be sentencing
he/she/it will be sentencing
we will be sentencing
you will be sentencing
they will be sentencing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been sentencing
you have been sentencing
he/she/it has been sentencing
we have been sentencing
you have been sentencing
they have been sentencing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been sentencing
you will have been sentencing
he/she/it will have been sentencing
we will have been sentencing
you will have been sentencing
they will have been sentencing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been sentencing
you had been sentencing
he/she/it had been sentencing
we had been sentencing
you had been sentencing
they had been sentencing

Conditional
I would sentence
you would sentence
he/she/it would sentence
we would sentence
you would sentence
they would sentence

Past Conditional
I would have sentenced
you would have sentenced
he/she/it would have sentenced
we would have sentenced
you would have sentenced
they would have sentenced

Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011

sentence

A group of words forming an independent grammatical unit, usually made up of a subject and a predicate that contains a finite verb.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	sentence — a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language; «he always spoke in grammatical sentences» simple sentence — a sentence having no coordinate clauses or subordinate clauses complex sentence — a sentence composed of at least one main clause and one subordinate clause compound sentence — a sentence composed of at least two coordinate independent clauses grammatical constituent, constituent — (grammar) a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger grammatical construction clause — (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence declarative sentence, declaratory sentence — a sentence (in the indicative mood) that makes a declaration run-on sentence — an ungrammatical sentence in which two or more independent clauses are conjoined without a conjunction topic sentence — a sentence that states the topic of its paragraph linguistic string, string of words, word string — a linear sequence of words as spoken or written interrogation, interrogative, interrogative sentence, question — a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply; «he asked a direct question»; «he had trouble phrasing his interrogations»
	2.	sentence — (criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed; «the conviction came as no surprise» judgment of conviction, conviction, condemnation final decision, final judgment — a judgment disposing of the case before the court; after the judgment (or an appeal from it) is rendered all that remains is to enforce the judgment murder conviction — conviction for murder robbery conviction — conviction for robbery criminal law — the body of law dealing with crimes and their punishment
	3.	sentence — the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned; «he served a prison term of 15 months»; «his sentence was 5 to 10 years»; «he is doing time in the county jail» prison term, time term — a limited period of time; «a prison term»; «he left school before the end of term» hard time — a term served in a maximum security prison life sentence, life — a prison term lasting as long as the prisoner lives; «he got life for killing the guard»
Verb	1.	sentence — pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law; «He was condemned to ten years in prison» doom, condemn law, jurisprudence — the collection of rules imposed by authority; «civilization presupposes respect for the law»; «the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order» foredoom — doom beforehand declare — state emphatically and authoritatively; «He declared that he needed more money to carry out the task he was charged with» reprobate — abandon to eternal damnation; «God reprobated the unrepenting sinner»

sentence

verb

1. condemn, doom A military court sentenced him to death in his absence.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

sentence

noun

A judicial decision, especially one setting the punishment to be inflicted on a convicted person:

verb

To pronounce judgment against:

Translations

изречениеосъждамосъжданеприсъда

odsouditvětarozsudektrestsentence

sætningstrafdomdømmeidømme

frazo

lause

lausetuomiotuomitavirkerangaistus

rečenicaosuditipresudapresuditikazna

mondatbüntetéselítélítélet

kalimat

dæmadómursetning, málsgrein

刑罰判決を下す文

문장판결판결을 내리다

nuosprendissakinys

notiesātpiespriest soduspriedumsteikums

veta

stavekkazenobsoditipoved

реченица

dommeningstrafffrasavkunna dom över

การพิพากษาตัดสินลงโทษประโยค

bản áncâukết án

Collins Spanish Dictionary — Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

sentence

[ˈsɛntəns]

(= group of words) → phrase f
What does this sentence mean? → Que veut dire cette phrase?

sentence

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

sentence

[ˈsɛntəns]

2. vt to sentence sb to death/to 5 years (in prison) → condannare qn a morte/a 5 anni (di prigione)

sentence

(ˈsentəns) noun

1. a number of words forming a complete statement. `I want it‘, and `Give it to me!‘ are sentences.

2. a punishment imposed by a lawcourt. a sentence of three years’ imprisonment; He is under sentence of death.

verb

(usually with to) to condemn to a particular punishment. He was sentenced to life imprisonment.

sentence

→ جُمْلَة, حُكْم, يَحْكُمُ odsoudit, rozsudek, věta idømme, sætning, straf Satz, Strafurteil, verurteilen καταδικάζω, καταδίκη, πρόταση oración, sentencia, sentenciar lause, tuomio, tuomita condamner, phrase, verdict kazna, osuditi, rečenica condanna, condannare, frase 刑罰, 判決を下す, 文 문장, 판결, 판결을 내리다 veroordelen, vonnis, zin dom, idømme, setning skazać, wyrok, zdanie frase, sentença, sentenciar предложение, приговаривать, приговор avkunna dom över, dom, mening การพิพากษา, ตัดสินลงโทษ, ประโยค ceza, cümle, mahkum etmek bản án, câu, kết án 判刑, 句子, 徒刑

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one-word sentences

possess a very strong emphatic impact, for their only word obtains both the word- and the sentence-stress. The word constituting a sentence also obtains its own sentence-intonation which, too, helps to foreground the content. (V.A.K.)

I like people. Not just empty streets and dead buildings. People. People. (P.Abrahams)

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Other forms: sentences; sentenced; sentencing

A sentence can be a group of words that communicate a complete thought, or it can be the punishment in a criminal case. Did your pen pal in prison write a sentence or two about the length of his sentence?

Actually, both meanings of sentence — words and punishment — are linked, coming from the Latin sententia, meaning «thought or judgment,» derived from the verb sentire, «to feel or perceive.» If you put some words before a period, you should give some thought to your sentence. If you receive a lengthy prison sentence, you will certainly feel it.

Definitions of sentence

noun

a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language

“he always spoke in grammatical
sentences”
noun

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

the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned

“his
sentence was 5 to 10 years”

synonyms:

prison term, time
verb

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

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Noun

He is serving a 10-year sentence for armed robbery.

Verb

The defendant was sentenced and fined.

the judge sentenced him to a fine of $50 and time served

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