Sentence
31sentence — 1. noun /ˈsɛntəns/ a) Someones pronounced opinion or judgment on a given question. The court returned a sentence of guilt in the first charge, but innocence in the second. b) The decision or judgement of a jury or court; a verdict. The judge… …
32sentence — [13] ‘Complete grammatical unit’ is a comparatively recent meaning of sentence, which only emerged in English in the 15th century. Its Latin ancestor sententia originally meant ‘feeling’, for it was a derivative of sentīre ‘feel’ (source also of… …
33sentence*/*/*/ — [ˈsentəns] noun [C] I 1) a group of words, usually including a subject and a verb, that expresses a statement, question, or instruction 2) a punishment that is officially given by a judge She received the maximum sentence of ten years.[/ex] He is …
34sentence — [13] ‘Complete grammatical unit’ is a comparatively recent meaning of sentence, which only emerged in English in the 15th century. Its Latin ancestor sententia originally meant ‘feeling’, for it was a derivative of sentīre ‘feel’ (source also of… …
35sentence — n. & v. n. 1 a a set of words complete in itself as the expression of a thought, containing or implying a subject and predicate, and conveying a statement, question, exclamation, or command. b a piece of writing or speech between two full stops… …
36sentence — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Latin sententia feeling, opinion, from *sentent , *sentens, irregular present participle of sentire to feel more at sense Date: 14th century 1. obsolete opinion; especially a conclusion… …
37Sentence — En análisis músical se denomina sentence[1] a una forma basada en la repetición de un motivo o semifrase una primera vez de forma literal o similar y a continuación otra segunda vez desarrollandose con el doble de duración y generalmente… …
38sentence n — 1) If there s one person you don t want to interrupt in the middle of a sentence it s a judge. 2) Old judges never die, they just slur their sentences. 3)To some marriage is a word ... to others a sentence …
39sentence — 1. noun the judge shortened his sentence to nine months Syn: prison term, prison sentence; punishment; informal time, stretch, stint 2. verb they were sentenced to death Syn: pass judgment on, punish, convict; condemn, doom …
40sentence — n 1.Law.a. condemnation, decree, ruling, judgment, Sl. rap.b. punishment, prison term, term, Sl. time, Sl. stint, Sl. stretch, Sl. stretch up the river, Sl. stretch in the can, Sl. vacation. v 2. pass judgment, pronounce sentence, pass sentence… …
