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== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Middle French sentence, from Latin sententia (“way of thinking, opinion, sentiment”), from sentiēns, present participle of sentiō (“to feel, think”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sent- (“to feel”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsɛn.təns/ (General American) IPA(key): [ˈsɛn.tn̩(t)s], [ˈsɛn.ʔn̩(t)s] Hyphenation: sen‧tence Rhymes: -ɛntəns === Noun === sentence (plural sentences) (dated) The decision or judgement of a jury or court; a verdict. [from 14th c.] The judicial order for a punishment to be imposed on a person convicted of a crime. [from 14th c.] A punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime. (obsolete) A saying, especially from a great person; a maxim, an apophthegm. [14th–19th c.] (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. [from 15th c.] Hypernyms: syntagma; utterance Hyponym: sentential Near-synonym: clause (logic) A formula with no free variables. [from 20th c.] (computing theory) Any of the set of strings that can be generated by a given formal grammar. [from 20th c.] (obsolete) Sense; meaning; significance. (obsolete) One's opinion; manner of thinking. [14th–17th c.] (archaic) A pronounced opinion or judgment on a given question. [from 14th c.] ==== Synonyms ==== verdict conviction ==== Hypernyms ==== (logic): formula ==== Hyponyms ==== (grammar): affirmative sentence, complex sentence, compound sentence, conditional sentence, equative sentence, postilion sentence, simple sentence ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === sentence (third-person singular simple present sentences, present participle sentencing, simple past and past participle sentenced) (transitive) To declare a sentence on a convicted person; to condemn to punishment. Synonyms: adjudge, condemn, doom; see also Thesaurus:convict Near-synonym: pass sentence 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I, The murderer, he recalled, had been tried and sentenced to imprisonment for life, but was pardoned by a merciful governor after serving a year of his sentence. (especially law or poetic) To decree, announce, or pass as a sentence. 1996, United States. Court of Appeals (9th Circuit), Annual Report of the Ninth Circuit, page 137: […] upholding Idaho statute mandating that court "shall" sentence death upon finding an aggravating circumstance "unless" it finds outweighing mitigating circumstances because satisfies individualized sentencing requirement […] (obsolete) To utter sententiously. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “sentence”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “sentence”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈsɛntɛnt͡sɛ] Hyphenation: sen‧ten‧ce === Noun === sentence f sentence (formula with no free variables) sentence (grammar) Synonym: věta ==== Declension ==== == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French sentence, itself borrowed from Latin sententia. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /sɑ̃.tɑ̃s/ === Noun === sentence f (plural sentences) sentence verdict maxim, saying, adage === Further reading === “sentence”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Latvian == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [sententsæ] === Noun === sentence f (5th declension) sentence (a laconic expression that contains some insight or instruction) ==== Declension ==== === References === sentence at tezaurs.lv == Middle French == === Etymology === From Latin sententia. === Noun === sentence f (plural sentences) sentence (judgement; verdict) sentence (grammatically complete series of words)