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sen·tence

Audio Help [sen-tns] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, -tenced, -tenc·ing.

–noun

Grammar. 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 a small number of characteristic intonation patterns, and typically expressing an independent statement, question, request, command, etc., as Summer is here. or Who is it? or Stop!

Law.

a.	an authoritative decision; a judicial judgment or decree, esp. the judicial determination of the punishment to be inflicted on a convicted criminal.

b.	the punishment itself.

3.	Music. a period.

4.	Archaic. a saying, apothegm, or maxim.

5.	Obsolete. an opinion given on a particular question.

–verb (used with object)

6.	to pronounce sentence upon; condemn to punishment.

[Origin: 1175–1225; (n.) ME < OF < L sententia opinion, decision, equiv. to sent- (base of sentīre to feel) + -entia -ence; (v.) ME: to pass judgment, decide judicially < OF sentencier, deriv. of sentence

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sen·tenc·er, noun

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sen·tence Audio Help (sěn'təns) Pronunciation Key
n.

A grammatical unit that is syntactically independent and has a subject that is expressed or, as in imperative sentences, understood and a predicate that contains at least one finite verb.
Law
1. A court judgment, especially a judicial decision of the punishment to be inflicted on one adjudged guilty.
2. The penalty meted out.
Archaic A maxim.
Obsolete An opinion, especially one given formally after deliberation.

tr.v. sen·tenced, sen·tenc·ing, sen·tenc·es Law
To pronounce sentence upon (one adjudged guilty). See Synonyms at condemn.

[Middle English, opinion, from Old French, from Latin sententia, from sentiēns, sentient-, present participle of sentīre, to feel; see sent- in Indo-European roots.]

sen·ten'tial (sěn-těn'shəl) adj., sen·ten'tial·ly adv.

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sen·tenc·ing Audio Help (sěn'tən-sĭng) Pronunciation Key
adj.

Relating to a judicial sentence: sentencing guidelines for juvenile defendants.
Being or relating to the one who pronounces a judicial sentence: "Prosecutors and sentencing judges alike try to deal with individuals on an individual basis, without regard to social status" (Hiller B. Zobel).