English dictionary for the word sentences

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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• n.

  • condemnation (noun)

  • accusation,
  • reprobation,
  • denouncement,
  • reproof,
  • stricture,
  • denunciation,
  • proscription,
  • damnation,
  • disapproval.

  • decision (noun)

  • declaration,
  • resolution,
  • arrangement,
  • opinion,
  • adjudication,
  • settlement,
  • showdown,
  • Adjudicature,
  • end,
  • understanding,
  • arbitration,
  • adjustment,
  • reconciliation,
  • the call,
  • preference,
  • the nod,
  • prearrangement,
  • choice,
  • result,
  • agreement,
  • finding,
  • compromise,
  • selection,
  • outcome.

  • doom (noun)

  • destiny,
  • decree,
  • judgment day,
  • death,
  • ruin,
  • way the ball bounces,
  • annihilation,
  • circumstance,
  • kismet,
  • destruction,
  • disaster,
  • predetermination,
  • fixed future,
  • destination,
  • Moira,
  • lap of the gods,
  • foreordination,
  • conclusion,
  • predestination,
  • downfall,
  • tragedy,
  • handwriting on wall,
  • portion,
  • way the cookie crumbles,
  • calamity,
  • fortune,
  • cataclysm,
  • catastrophe,
  • karma,
  • lot.

  • finding (noun)

  • data,
  • award,
  • recommendation,
  • discovery.

  • judgements (noun)

  • assessments,
  • mediations,
  • findings,
  • resolutions,
  • appraisals,
  • decisions,
  • justices,
  • determinations,
  • pronouncements,
  • considerations,
  • rulings.

  • Other relevant words: (noun)

  • accommodation,
  • accord.

  • phrases (noun)

  • Terminologies,
  • locutions,
  • figures of speech,
  • epigrams,
  • catchphrases,
  • Proverbs,
  • clauses,
  • adages,
  • phrases,
  • paragraphs,
  • idioms,
  • phraseologies,
  • Maxims,
  • verbalisms,
  • Mottoes,
  • euphemisms,
  • slogans,
  • cliches,
  • expressions,
  • mannerisms,
  • Metaphors.

  • punishments (noun)

  • chastisements,
  • corrections,
  • disciplines,
  • executions,
  • Penalties,
  • distresses,
  • Agonies,
  • anguishes,
  • crucifixions,
  • retributions,
  • tortures,
  • Judgments,
  • incarcerations,
  • burdens,
  • afflictions,
  • confinements,
  • fines,
  • payments,
  • persecutions,
  • verdicts,
  • Prices,
  • Punishments,
  • revenges,
  • forfeitures,
  • reprisals.

  • sentence (noun)

  • fall,
  • doom,
  • order,
  • dictum,
  • term,
  • considered opinion,
  • book,
  • decision,
  • pronouncement,
  • getup,
  • hitch,
  • stretch,
  • vacation,
  • edict,
  • trick,
  • punishment,
  • judgment,
  • determination,
  • sleep,
  • jolt,
  • time,
  • verdict,
  • ruling,
  • sending up the river,
  • censure,
  • knock,
  • clock,
  • condemnation,
  • penalty,
  • rap.

• v.

  • condemn (verb)

  • frame,
  • upbraid,
  • disapprove,
  • point finger at,
  • put down,
  • thumbs down on,
  • sentence,
  • reproach,
  • disparage,
  • come down on,
  • reprobate,
  • deprecate,
  • call down,
  • reprove,
  • skin,
  • decry,
  • find fault with,
  • depreciate,
  • Denunciate,
  • find guilty,
  • pronounce,
  • name,
  • chide,
  • hang something on,
  • castigate,
  • pin it on,
  • pass sentence on,
  • belittle,
  • blow whistle on,
  • criticize,
  • reprehend,
  • send up,
  • let have it,
  • lay at one’s door.

  • condemns (verb)

  • finds guilty,
  • dooms,
  • execrates,
  • convicts,
  • passes sentence,
  • damns.

  • convict (verb)

  • declare guilty,
  • attaint,
  • put the screws to,
  • bring to justice,
  • pronounce guilty.

  • damn (verb)

  • ban,
  • attack,
  • darn,
  • DRAT,
  • execrate,
  • flame,
  • expel,
  • cuss,
  • curse,
  • objurgate,
  • thunder against,
  • object to,
  • blast,
  • anathematize,
  • banish,
  • pan,
  • abuse,
  • inveigle against,
  • complain of,
  • slam,
  • excoriate,
  • excommunicate,
  • fulminate against,
  • cast out,
  • confound,
  • cry down,
  • imprecate,
  • revile,
  • swear,
  • blaspheme,
  • jinx.

  • imprisons (verb)

  • condemns,
  • bridles,
  • fetters,
  • harnesses,
  • fences,
  • manacles,
  • straight jackets,
  • cages,
  • collars,
  • shackles,
  • impounds,
  • jails,
  • locks up,
  • tethers,
  • handcuffs.

  • jail (verb)

  • detain,
  • cage,
  • bastille,
  • throw away the keys,
  • constrain,
  • put behind bars,
  • prison,
  • immure,
  • lock up,
  • hold,
  • throw in dungeon.

  • judges (verb)

  • assesses,
  • finds,
  • arbitrates,
  • considers,
  • appraises,
  • judges,
  • adjudicates,
  • pronounces,
  • decides,
  • referees,
  • mediates,
  • resolves,
  • determines,
  • rules.

  • punishes (verb)

  • avenges,
  • persecutes,
  • crucifies,
  • castigates,
  • chastens,
  • imprisons,
  • confines,
  • punishes,
  • lambastes,
  • keelhauls,
  • chastises,
  • tries,
  • penalizes,
  • agonizes,
  • corrects,
  • reprises,
  • incarcerates,
  • executes,
  • afflicts,
  • Pillories.

  • sentence (verb)

  • imprison,
  • denounce,
  • send to prison,
  • throw the book at,
  • adjudicate,
  • put away,
  • impound,
  • settle,
  • jail,
  • judge,
  • blame,
  • confine,
  • damn,
  • convict,
  • railroad,
  • punish,
  • incarcerate,
  • rule,
  • take the fall,
  • adjudge,
  • mete out,
  • pass judgment,
  • penalize,
  • ordain,
  • proscribe,
  • put on ice,
  • devote,
  • send up the river,
  • condemn.

• Other synonyms:

  • Other relevant words (noun):

  • confiscates,
  • casts,
  • statement,
  • realizes,
  • Traulism,
  • Dictums,
  • decries,
  • statements,
  • sayings,
  • passages,
  • stammering,
  • interprets,
  • lisp,
  • opinions,
  • Inarticulateness,
  • meters,
  • interrogatives,
  • adjudications,
  • drawl,
  • awards,
  • reprobates,
  • admonishes,
  • broken voice,
  • recites,
  • results,
  • manages,
  • adjudges,
  • concludes,
  • times,
  • detests,
  • upbraids,
  • interrogations,
  • decrees,
  • condemnations,
  • designates,
  • censures,
  • explains,
  • bywords,
  • hesitation,
  • Sentencer,
  • convictions,
  • twang,
  • excoriates,
  • speeches,
  • proscribes,
  • whisper,
  • Lives,
  • falsetto,
  • fates,
  • reproves,
  • Clips,
  • propositions,
  • judgements.

How to use «Sentences» in context?

Paraphrases for Sentences:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    Sentencing.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    code, control, judgment, provisions, tight, torture, clauses, controls, tightens.
  • Noun, plural
    acts, authorities, bars, bother, duration, failed, feelings, instructions, judges, laws, liberty, malfunction, neither, occasions, onwards, pains, papers, people, promulgated, provisions, rates, resource, sanctioning, seats, spots, stays, steps, stops, strongly, terms, things, torture, ways, woods, words, writings, Bays, Children, Deficiencies, Difficulties, Ferries, Nor, Phases, Remedies, findings, Persons, Charges, Crimes, Forms, Freedoms, Judgments, Killings, Languages, LINEs, Measurements, Measures, Motions, Prisons, Records, Regulations, Strikes, Suggestions, defects, fines, punishes, governors, rulers, errors, flaws, mistakes, inmates, sticks, breaches, gaps, spaces, returns, executions, deaths, periods, appeals, figures, assessments, articles, citations, places, actions, cases, indictments, condemns, assertions, submissions, sections, precepts, clauses, dispositions, referees, magistrates, squares, charts, controls, lapses, bugs, reasons, imprisons, consequences, choices, proposals, troubles, shocks, headings, tickets, segments, pieces, camels, failures, rows, circles, representations, opinions, comments, questions, courts, norms, seminars, inadequacies, shortcomings, shortfalls, speeches, utterances, offences, infractions, infringements, offenses, observations, jails, remarks, criminals, delinquents, crashes, stoppages, views, feathers, characteristics, condolences, perpetuates, decrees, tightens, sorrows, DTCS, loopholes, failings, weaknesses, capitals, statutes, subcontractors, deferrals, malfunctions, perpetrators, contractors, lyrics, sub-contractors, peines, jugements.
  • Verb, past tense
    Deplored.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    controlling, regulating.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    adjudication, govern, judgement, penalty, punishment, tighten, verdict, Penalties, Judgments, Punishments, judgements, phrases, condemnations.
  • Noun, plural
    judgement, Essays, Penalties, Prayers, Punishments, faults, determinations, judgements, prosecutions, declarations, pronouncements, expressions, phrases, orders, condemnations, verdicts, trials, convicts, offenders, prisoners, wordings, imprisonments.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    tightening.

Homophones for Sentences:

• Santo Domingo, ski conditions, sayan mountains, snootiness, sundanese, sentiency, Saint Thomas, something, Six Nations, scantness, Sam Adams, sounding, squinting, send a message, Saint Athanasius, smoothness, scantiness, sandiness, Saint Denis, santims, Saint Dominic, smuttiness, saint nick, sending, shantung, sun dance, sentience, soundness.

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishGrammar, Lawsentencesen‧tence1 /ˈsentəns/ ●●● S1 W2 noun [countable]
 
 1 SLGWORD, PHRASE, OR SENTENCEa group of words that usually contains a subject and a verb, and expresses a complete idea. Sentences written in English begin with a capital letter and usually end with a full stop or a question mark
 His voice dropped at the end of the sentence.in a sentence
 It’s difficult to sum it up in one sentence.short/simple/full/complex etc sentence
 In a few short sentences, Quinn explained what he had done.2 SCTPUNISHa punishment that a judge gives to someone who is guilty of a crime
 She received an eight-year prison sentence.
 He has just begun a life sentence for murder.► see thesaurus at punishment COLLOCATIONS – Meaning 2: a punishment that a judge gives to someone who is guilty of a crimeverbsget/receive a sentence (also be given a sentence)She was given a three-year prison sentence.face a sentence (=be likely to receive a sentence)He faces a long prison sentence if he is caught.serve a sentence (=spend time in prison)Her husband is serving a two-year sentence for credit-card fraud.a crime carries a sentence (=that is the punishment for that crime)Rape should carry an automatic life sentence.impose/hand down a sentence (=officially give someone a sentence)The judge imposed a three-year sentence.pass sentence formal (=officially say what someone’s punishment will be)It is now my duty to pass sentence.ADJECTIVES/NOUN + sentencea stiff/long sentence (=a long time in prison)Police officers are demanding stiffer sentences for offenders.a light/short sentence (=a short time in prison)We’re hoping that he gets off with a light sentence.a prison/jail sentence (also a custodial sentence British English formal)If found guilty, he faces a long jail sentence.a non-custodial sentence British English formal (=a punishment in which a person does not go to prison)The judge said the offence was too serious for a non-custodial sentence.a five-year/eight-year etc sentence (=five/eight etc years in prison)He was serving an eight-year sentence for burglary.the maximum sentence (=the most that can be given for a particular crime)The maximum sentence for this offence is five years.a life sentence (=prison for the rest of your life, or a very long time)In 1978 he was given a life sentence for attacking a 72-year-old woman.a death sentence (=a punishment of death)Death sentences were handed down to eight of the accused.a suspended sentence (=one which someone will serve only if they commit another crime)Her attacker got a two-year suspended sentence.

Examples from the Corpussentence• He was recently freed after serving a sentence for leading anti-government riots.• That this is important was shown by one of the authors in two studies analysing sentences in the London courts in 1983.• Carl is a man of clipped sentences and positive, energetic action.• Write a complete sentence for each answer.• The victim’s family are demanding the death sentence for his attacker.• Belfast Appeal Court increased his sentence from five to nine years.• Hailey is serving a life sentence, and is reported to be in poor health.• Evans was given a light sentence in return for giving information to the police.• If convicted of the charges against him, Blackburn could receive a maximum sentence of 30 years.• Neale is finishing a three-month sentence for petty theft.• The opening sentence of the book defines the concept of Tai-Chi-Chuan.• Judge Evans will pass sentence on the three men tomorrow.• In all three examples, clues to the type of question are contained in the preceding sentence.• Moore began an eighteen-month prison sentence in November.• He got a 10-year prison sentence.• a six-year prison sentence• Try to write using short, punchy sentences.• Describe your best friend in a single sentence.• In cases of conduction aphasia, comprehension of spoken words and simple spoken sentences can be intact.• Before long, the sentence makes no sense, but the sound of the nonsense is rich.• Often you can salve their indignation and solve this problem by rewording the sentence.• Only 14 days for the seven years to be increased to the sentence that fits his crimes and his evil — life.• As this sentence was pronounced, each sanam slid from its pedestal and smashed to the ground.• Perrault is serving a 15-year sentence for fraud and tax evasion.

in a sentence• Also, they commonly appear as subordinate elements in a sentence where the main clause indicates the speaker.• The sounds in sentences subtest involves the child being told a story which is illustrated with pictures.• Speak in sentences rather than individual words.• She was slow to talk, but when she did, she quickly learned to talk in sentences.• Repeated Words Signs: Words repeated four or five times in an average paragraph or three or more times in a sentence.• All have large vocabularies and sets of rules for putting words together in sentences.• Adverb position illustrates how hard it is to say positively what goes with what in a sentence.Lawsentencesentence2 ●●○ verb [transitive]
 
 SCTPUNISHif a judge sentences someone who is guilty of a crime, they give them a punishmentsentence somebody to something
 Sanchez was sentenced to three years in prison.→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpussentence• She returned anyhow, was sentenced but reprieved, and found herself expelled for the fourth time.• The judge said that his was a very serious crime, and sentenced him to eight years in prison.• She is to be sentenced later.• The judge sentenced Margolis to a year in prison.• Green is free on bail until his sentencing on June 27, when he faces up to 25 years in prison.• But worse than that, the man was sentenced to death and was in custody!• 60 prisoners have been sentenced to death in political trials.• He was sentenced to five years in prison followed by three years of supervised release.• He was found guilty and sentenced to three years’ imprisonment.• Some countries will sentence you to seven or more years in prison for drug offences.sentence somebody to something• She was sentenced to three years in prison.Origin sentence1 (1200-1300) Old French Latin sententia “feeling, opinion, sentence”, from sentire; → SENTIENT

These were 4 x 6 color photographs of figurines positioned to correspond to the events described in the sentence stimuli.

Accepting the purely syntactic part of this extremely simple analysis, let us consider the semantics of the sentence.

The participants read 60 sentences in random order in a sentence reading task.

Such sentences with an active sentence construction but a reversal of thematic roles were absent from the data.

The participants were told that they would hear each sentence four times in a row, with less noise on each successive presentation.

The data were analysed as case studies and for common themes, as expressed in single words, phrases, sentences, paragraphs or even entire documents.

The third factor examined the role of the sentence structural constraints.

Likewise, the identical rater training scheme employed only 2 words and 2 sentences.

Responses determined to be scorable were utterances that had sufficient structure to be deemed full or partial passive sentences or full or partial active sentences.

The ‘could’ in the first sentence is worth noting but, passing quickly over this point, the 10 per cent figure seems arbitrary, at best.

Verbal working memory in sentence comprehension in children with specific language impairment.

The language is stilted, typical ‘translatorese’, so much so that some sentences are virtually incomprehensible.

However, since these effects were not consistent across ages, whether co-referencing complexity alone is driving sentence-processing speed is unclear.

In the event that they understood only part of a sentence, they were to write out as many words as they could identify.

This is useful in situations where the actual position of a word within a sentence is significant.