sentence
The decision or judgement of a jury or court; a verdict.
Noun 4 meanings
The decision or judgement of a jury or court; a verdict.
“The court returned a sentence of guilt in the first charge, but innocence in the second.”
The judicial order for a punishment to be imposed on a person convicted of a crime.
A punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime.
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”
Verb 2 meanings
To declare a sentence on a convicted person; to condemn to punishment.
“The judge sentenced the embezzler to ten years in prison, along with a hefty fine.”
To decree, announce, or pass as a sentence.
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”).
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SENTENCE at a glance
SENTENCE has 8 letters and scores 10 points in Scrabble (S 1 + E 1 + N 1 + T 1 + E 1 + N 1 + C 3 + E 1) and 13 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,542 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with sentence
All rhymes- SINCE7
- ONCE6
- EXPERIENCE21
- CHANCE13
- PERFORMANCE20
- EVIDENCE14
- SCIENCE11
- CONFERENCE17
- DIFFERENCE19
- INSURANCE11
- DANCE8
- DISTANCE11
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