Sentence
[ˈsɛntn̩t͡s]
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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Definition of Sentence
noun
- The decision or judgement of a jury or court; a verdict.
"The court returned a sentence of guilt in the first charge, but innocence in the second."
- The judicial order for a punishment to be imposed on a person convicted of a crime.
"The judge declared a sentence of death by hanging for the infamous cattle rustler."
- A punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime.
- A saying, especially from a great person; a maxim, an apophthegm.
- (grammar) A grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate, even if one or the other is implied, and typically beginning with a capital letter and ending with a full stop.
"The children were made to construct sentences consisting of nouns and verbs from the list on the chalkboard."
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