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/ˈsɛn.təns/ noun A1- The decision or judgement of a jury or court; a verdict. · The court returned a sentence of guilt in the first charge, but innocence in the second.
- The judicial order for a punishment to be imposed on a person convicted of a crime. · The judge declared a sentence of death by hanging for the infamous child rapist.
- A punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime.
- 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. · Near-synonym: clause· The children were made to construct sentences consisting of nouns and verbs from the list on the chalkboard.
- A formula with no free variables.
- Any of the set of strings that can be generated by a given formal grammar.
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Amazed at the alteration of his manner since they last parted, every sentence that he uttered was increasing her embarrassment; and every idea of the impropriety of her being found there recurring to her mind, the few minutes in which they continued together were some of the most uncomfortable of her life.
“Perhaps it doesn’t understand English,” thought Alice; “I daresay it’s a French mouse, come over with William the Conqueror.” (For, with all her knowledge of history, Alice had no very clear notion how long ago anything had happened.) So she began again: “Où est ma chatte?” which was the first sentence in her French lesson-book.
Phillips gave Mark Antony’s oration over the dead body of Cæsar in the most heart-stirring tones--looking at Prissy Andrews at the end of every sentence--Anne felt that she could rise and mutiny on the spot if but one Roman citizen led the way.
I have already recorded sentence of death, five or six times, against the movers of political conspiracies, and who can say how many daggers may be ready sharpened, and only waiting a favorable opportunity to be buried in my heart?”
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