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sentence

16 ENTRIES FOUND:

1sen·tence

noun \ˈsen-tən(t)s, -tənz\

Definition of SENTENCE

1
obsolete : opinion; especially : a conclusion given on request or reached after deliberation
2
a : judgment 2a; specifically : one formally pronounced by a court or judge in a criminal proceeding and specifying the punishment to be inflicted upon the convict b : the punishment so imposed <serve out a sentence>
3
archaic : maxim, saw
4
a : a word, clause, or phrase or a group of clauses or phrases forming a syntactic unit which expresses an assertion, a question, a command, a wish, an exclamation, or the performance of an action, that in writing usually begins with a capital letter and concludes with appropriate end punctuation, and that in speaking is distinguished by characteristic patterns of stress, pitch, and pauses b : a mathematical or logical statement (as an equation or a proposition) in words or symbols
5
: period 2b

Examples of SENTENCE

  1. He is serving a 10-year sentence for armed robbery.
  2. <the court-martial pronounced a sentence of not guilty on all counts of cowardice>

Origin of SENTENCE

Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin sententia feeling, opinion, from *sentent-, *sentens, irregular present participle of sentire to feel — more at sense
First Known Use: 14th century

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