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Meaning
Noun
●
The
decision
or
judgement
of a
jury
or
court
; a verdict.
●
The
judicial
order for a
punishment
to be
imposed
on a person
convicted
of a crime.
●
A
punishment
imposed
on a person
convicted
of a crime.
●
A
saying
, especially from a great person; a
maxim
, an apophthegm.
●
In Grammar:
A
grammatically
complete
series
of
words
consisting of
a
subject
and
predicate
,
even if
one or the other is
implied
, and, 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.
●
In Logic:
A
formula
with no
free
variables.
●
In Theory of computing:
Any of the set of
strings
that can be
generated
by a given
formal
grammar.
●
Sense;
meaning
; significance.
●
One's
opinion
;
manner
of thinking.
●
A
pronounced
opinion
or
judgment
on a given question.
Verb
●
To
declare
a
sentence
on a
convicted
person; to
condemn
to punishment.
●
In Law & Directives:
To
decree
,
announce
, or
pass as
a sentence.
●
To
utter
sententiously.
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Origin
sentence
English
sentence
French
sententia
Latin
sentiens
English
sentio
Latin
Sourced from
Etym
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