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sentenced


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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
sen•tence /ˈsɛntns/USA pronunciation   n., v., -tenced, -tenc•ing. 
n. 
  1. Grammar a group of words that forms an independent grammatical unit:[countable]A sentence in English typically consists of a subject and a predicate containing a finite verb.
  2. Lawa judicial decision, esp. one stating punishment for a convicted criminal: [countable]got the maximum sentence.[uncountable]to pass sentence on criminals.

v. [+ object]
  1. to condemn to punishment:He sentenced the murderer to life imprisonment.
See -sent-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
sen•tence  (sentns),USA pronunciation n., v., -tenced, -tenc•ing. 
n. 
  1. Grammara grammatical unit of one or more words, bearing minimal syntactic relation to the words that precede or follow it, often preceded and followed in speech by pauses, having one of a small number of characteristic intonation patterns, and typically expressing an independent statement, question, request, command, etc., as Summer is here. or Who is it? or Stop!
  2. Law
    • an authoritative decision;
      a judicial judgment or decree, esp. the judicial determination of the punishment to be inflicted on a convicted criminal.
    • the punishment itself.
  3. Music and Dancea period.
  4. [Archaic.]a saying, apothegm, or maxim.
  5. [Obs.]an opinion given on a particular question.

v.t. 
  1. to pronounce sentence upon;
    condemn to punishment.
  • Old French sentencier, derivative of sentence
  • Latin sententia opinion, decision, equivalent. to sent- (base of sentīre to feel) + -entia -ence; (verb, verbal) Middle English: to pass judgment, decide judicially
  • Old French
  • (noun, nominal) Middle English 1175–1225
sentenc•er, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
sentence /ˈsɛntəns/ n
  1. a sequence of words capable of standing alone to make an assertion, ask a question, or give a command, usually consisting of a subject and a predicate containing a finite verb
  2. the judgment formally pronounced upon a person convicted in criminal proceedings, esp the decision as to what punishment is to be imposed
  3. archaic a proverb, maxim, or aphorism
vb
  1. (transitive) to pronounce sentence on (a convicted person) in a court of law
Etymology: 13th Century: via Old French from Latin sententia a way of thinking, from sentīre to feelsentential /sɛnˈtɛnʃəl/ adj
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