sentence

  • 21sentence — I UK [ˈsentəns] / US [ˈsent(ə)ns] noun [countable] Word forms sentence : singular sentence plural sentences *** 1) a group of words, usually including a subject and a verb, that express a statement, question, or instruction. A written sentence… …

    English dictionary

  • 22sentence — sentencer, n. /sen tns/, n., v., sentenced, sentencing. n. 1. Gram. a grammatical unit of one or more words, bearing minimal syntactic relation to the words that precede or follow it, often preceded and followed in speech by pauses, having one of …

    Universalium

  • 23sentence — sen|tence1 [ sent(ə)ns ] noun count *** 1. ) a group of words, usually including a subject and a verb, that express a statement, question, or instruction. A written sentence begins with a capital letter and ends with a PERIOD, QUESTION MARK, or… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 24sentence — 01. He was [sentenced] to 20 years in prison for a crime he didn t commit. 02. He was [sentenced] to death for the murder of his wife and children. 03. Mike Tyson was [sentenced] to pay a heavy fine after he bit off a piece of another boxer s ear …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 25sentence — [[t]se̱ntəns[/t]] ♦♦ sentences, sentencing, sentenced 1) N COUNT A sentence is a group of words which, when they are written down, begin with a capital letter and end with a full stop, question mark, or exclamation mark. Most sentences contain a… …

    English dictionary

  • 26sentence — 1 / sentFns/ noun (C) 1 a group of words that usually contains a subject and a verb, expresses a complete idea or asks a question, and that, when written in English, begins with a capital letter and ends with a full­stop1 (1) 2 a punishment that… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 27sentence — Most generally, the unit of communication: the smallest entity whose production constitutes a message, such as an assertion, a command, or a question. Given such factors as variations of phonetics or spelling, recognition of two speech acts as… …

    Philosophy dictionary

  • 28sentence — {{11}}sentence (n.) late 13c., doctrine, authoritative teaching, from O.Fr. sentence (12c.), from L. sententia thought, meaning, judgment, opinion, from sentientem, prp. of sentire be of opinion, feel, perceive (see SENSE (Cf. sense)). Loss of… …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 29Sentence — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. En philosophie, une sentence est un énoncé moral visant à édifier le lecteur, tel que contenu dans les Réflexions ou sentences et maximes morales de… …

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  • 30sentence — Synonyms and related words: Parthian shot, acquittal, act on, action, adage, address, adjectival phrase, adjudge, adjudicate, affirmation, allegation, ana, analects, anathematize, anathematizing, answer, aphorism, apostrophe, apothegm, article,… …

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