sentence
Meaning of sentence
- a set of words that is complete in itself, typically containing a subject and predicate, conveying a statement, question, exclamation, or command, and consisting of a main clause and sometimes one or more subordinate clauses.
- the punishment assigned to a defendant found guilty by a court, or fixed by law for a particular offence.
her husband is serving a three-year sentence for fraud
slander of an official carried an eight-year prison sentence
he was under sentence of death
- declare the punishment decided for (an offender).
ten army officers were sentenced to life imprisonment
Middle English (in the senses ‘way of thinking, opinion’, ‘court's declaration of punishment’, and ‘gist (of a piece of writing’)): via Old French from Latin sententia ‘opinion’, from sentire ‘feel, be of the opinion’.
Information about sentence
- The plural form of sentence is: sentences.
- Languages in which sentence is used:
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Hyphenation of sentence
sen-tence
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- sentence is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
sentence synonyms
Meaning conviction:
Meaning prison term:
Meaning condemn:
Meaning a decision of a law court or judge:
Meaning an authoritative decision or pronouncement, especially one made by a judge:
Meaning a formal or authoritative announcement or declaration:
Meaning a conclusion or resolution reached after consideration:
Meaning the quality of being determined; firmness of purpose:
Meaning an official order that has the force of law:
Meaning a decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest:
Meaning a penalty inflicted as retribution for an offence:
Meaning a period of time spent in prison:
Meaning a person's fixed or allotted period of work:
Meaning a dish consisting of oatmeal or another meal or cereal boiled in water or milk:
Meaning a quick, sharp knock or blow:
Meaning a warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrate animal distinguished by the possession of feathers, wings, a beak, and typically by being able to fly:
Meaning inflict a penalty or sanction on (someone) as retribution for an offence, especially a transgression of a legal or moral code:
Meaning declare (someone) to be guilty of a criminal offence by the verdict of a jury or the decision of a judge in a court of law:
Translation of sentence
- German: Entscheidung, Urteil, Satz, Strafe
- French: décision, arrêt, phrase, peine, sentence
- Italian: sentenza, frase, pena
- Spanish: sentencia, fallo, juicio, veredicto, frase, punición
- Portuguese: julgamento, sentença, frase
Words that rhyme with sentence
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