complete+sentence

  • 21complete — com|plete1 [ kəm plit ] adjective *** 1. ) including all the parts, details, or features: The library is fortunate to have an almost complete set of these publications. The system needs a complete overhaul. Our family just wouldn t feel complete… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 22complete */*/*/ — I UK [kəmˈpliːt] / US [kəmˈplɪt] adjective 1) [only before noun] used for emphasizing that someone or something has a particular quality He s a complete idiot! She s the complete opposite to me. There had been a complete breakdown of trust and… …

    English dictionary

  • 23sentence — [13] ‘Complete grammatical unit’ is a comparatively recent meaning of sentence, which only emerged in English in the 15th century. Its Latin ancestor sententia originally meant ‘feeling’, for it was a derivative of sentīre ‘feel’ (source also of… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 24complete*/*/*/ — [kəmˈpliːt] adj I 1) used for emphasizing that someone or something has a particular quality He s a complete idiot![/ex] 2) including everything Ant: incomplete a complete set of her novels[/ex] 3) finished When the chart is complete, stick it on …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 25sentence — [13] ‘Complete grammatical unit’ is a comparatively recent meaning of sentence, which only emerged in English in the 15th century. Its Latin ancestor sententia originally meant ‘feeling’, for it was a derivative of sentīre ‘feel’ (source also of… …

    Word origins

  • 26sentence — n. & v. n. 1 a a set of words complete in itself as the expression of a thought, containing or implying a subject and predicate, and conveying a statement, question, exclamation, or command. b a piece of writing or speech between two full stops… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 27Complete theory — In mathematical logic, a theory is complete if it is a maximal consistent set of sentences, i.e., if it is consistent, and none of its proper extensions is consistent. For theories in logics which contain classical propositional logic, this is… …

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  • 28Sentence (music) — In music a sentence is the smallest period in a musical composition that can give in any sense the impression of a complete statement. It may be defined as a period containing two or more phrases, and most frequently ending with some form of… …

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  • 29sentence — noun 1》 a set of words that is complete in itself, conveying a statement, question, exclamation, or command and typically containing a subject and predicate.     ↘Logic a series of signs or symbols expressing a proposition in an artificial or… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 30Dark sentence — Sentence Sen tence, n. [F., from L. sententia, for sentientia, from sentire to discern by the senses and the mind, to feel, to think. See {Sense}, n., and cf. {Sentiensi}.] 1. Sense; meaning; significance. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Tales of best… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English