sentence

Definitions

1. 1noun

   Sense; meaning; significance.

2. 2noun

   An opinion; a decision; a determination; a judgment, especially one of an unfavorable nature.

3. 3noun

   A philosophical or theological opinion; a dogma; as, Summary of the Sentences; Book of the Sentences.

4. 4noun

   In civil and admiralty law, the judgment of a court pronounced in a cause; in criminal and ecclesiastical courts, a judgment passed on a criminal by a court or judge; condemnation pronounced by a judgical tribunal; doom. In common law, the term is exclusively used to denote the judgment in criminal cases.

5. 5noun

   A short saying, usually containing moral instruction; a maxim; an axiom; a saw.

6. 6noun

   A combination of words which is complete as expressing a thought, and in writing is marked at the close by a period, or full point. See Proposition, 4.

7. 7transitive verb

   To pass or pronounce judgment upon; to doom; to condemn to punishment; to prescribe the punishment of.

8. 8transitive verb

   To decree or announce as a sentence.

9. 9transitive verb

   To utter sententiously.

10. 10noun

    (criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed

    "the conviction came as no surprise"

    Synonyms

    condemnationconviction
11. 11noun

    a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language

    "he always spoke in grammatical sentences"

12. 12noun

    the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned

    "he served a prison term of 15 months"

    "his sentence was 5 to 10 years"

    Synonyms

    time
13. 13verb

    pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law

    "He was condemned to ten years in prison"

    Synonyms

    condemndoom