Sentence

Quick meaning: Sentence is a noun meaning The judicial order for a punishment to be imposed on a person convicted of a crime.

Meaning

The judicial order for a punishment to be imposed on a person convicted of a crime.

More Meanings

1. A punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime.
2. (logic) A formula with no free variables.
3. (computing theory) Any of the set of strings that can be generated by a given formal grammar.
4. (grammar) A grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate, even if one or the other is implied. In modern writing, when using, e.g., the Latin, Greek or Cyrillic alphabets, typically beginning with a capital letter and ending with a full stop or other punctuation.
5. (dated) The decision or judgement of a jury or court; a verdict.
6. (obsolete) A saying, especially from a great person; a maxim, an apophthegm.
7. (obsolete) Sense; meaning; significance.

Example Sentences

Near-synonym: clause

I am told that she writes well, and that all her letters are full of sentences.

The judge declared a sentence of death by hanging for the infamous child rapist.

The court returned a sentence of guilt in the first charge, but innocence in the second.

Word Forms

• sentences
• sentencing
• sentenced

Synonyms for sentence

Depending on context, synonyms include verdict, conviction, clause, adjudge, condemn, doom.

Antonyms for sentence

Common opposites include acquittal.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include conviction, condemn, doom, time, indictment, verdict.

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