sentence

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A group of words that expresses a complete thought, usually starting with a capital letter and ending with a full stop.

   They always spoke in clear, grammatical sentences.

2. 2
   noun

   The punishment a judge gives to someone found guilty of a crime.

   The judge gave him a five-year sentence for the robbery.

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”).

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