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tnsnoun
1.
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!
2.
Law.
a.
an authoritative decision; a judicial judgment or decree, especially 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.
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Origin:
1175–1225; (noun) Middle English < Old French < Latin sententia opinion, decision, equivalent to sent- (base of sentīre to feel) + -entia -ence; (v.) Middle English: to pass judgment, decide judicially < Old French sentencier, derivative of sentence
1175–1225; (noun) Middle English < Old French < Latin sententia opinion, decision, equivalent to sent- (base of sentīre to feel) + -entia -ence; (v.) Middle English: to pass judgment, decide judicially < Old French sentencier, derivative of sentence
Related forms
sen·tenc·er, noun
pre·sen·tence, verb (used with object), -tenced, -tenc·ing.
re·sen·tence, noun, verb (used with object), -tenced, -tenc·ing.
un·sen·tenced, adjective
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| sentence (ˈsɛntəns) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a sequence of words capable of standing alone to make an assertion, ask a question, or give a command, usually consisting of a subject and a predicate containing a finite verb |
| 2. | the judgment formally pronounced upon a person convicted in criminal proceedings, esp the decision as to what punishment is to be imposed |
| 3. | an opinion, judgment, or decision |
| 4. | music another word for period |
| 5. | any short passage of scripture employed in liturgical use: the funeral sentences |
| 6. | logic a well-formed expression, without variables |
| 7. | archaic a proverb, maxim, or aphorism |
| —vb | |
| 8. | (tr) to pronounce sentence on (a convicted person) in a court of law: the judge sentenced the murderer to life imprisonment |
| [C13: via Old French from Latin sententia a way of thinking, from sentīre to feel] | |
| sentential | |
| —adj | |
| sen'tentially | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
sentence
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). Loss of first -i- in L. by dissimilation. Meaning "punishment imposed
EXPANDby a court" is from c.1300; that of "grammatically complete statement" is attested from mid-15c., from notion of "meaning," then "meaning expressed in words." The verb meaning "to pass judgment" is recorded from c.1400.
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sentence definition
logicA collection of clauses.
See also definite sentence.
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