Sentence
WordNet
noun
(1) (criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed
"The conviction came as no surprise"
(2) A string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language
"He always spoke in grammatical sentences"
(3) 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"
verb
(4) Pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law
"He was condemned to ten years in prison"
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Etymology
< < < , for } < , ppr. of ; see sentient, sense, scent.
Noun
- A grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate, even if one or the other is implied, and typically beginning with a capital letter and ending with a full stop.
- The children were made to construct sentences consisting of nouns and verbs from the list on the chalkboard.
- The decision of a jury; a verdict.
- The jury returned a sentence of guilt in the first charge, but innocence in the second.
- An unfavorable sentence(2): a conviction.
- The prisoner was scheduled for execution as all appeals of his sentence had been denied.
- The punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime.
- The judge declared a sentence of death by hanging for the infamous cattle rustler.
- Any of the set of strings that can be generated by a given formal grammar.
- A formula with no free variables.
Verb
- To declare a sentence on a convicted person.
- The judge sentenced the embezzler to ten years in prison, along with a hefty fine.