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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary sen·tence \\ˈsen-tən(t)s, -tənz\\ noun ETYMOLOGY Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin sententia feeling, opinion, from *sentent-, *sentens, irregular present participle of sentire to feel — more at sense DATE 14th century 1. obsolete : opinion ; especially : a conclusion given on request or reached after deliberation 2.
a. judgment 2a; specifically : one formally pronounced by a court or judge in a criminal proceeding and specifying the punishment to be inflicted upon the convict
b. the punishment so imposed
serve out a sentence3. archaic : maxim , saw 4.
a. a word, clause, or phrase or a group of clauses or phrases forming a syntactic unit which expresses an assertion, a question, a command, a wish, an exclamation, or the performance of an action, that in writing usually begins with a capital letter and concludes with appropriate end punctuation, and that in speaking is distinguished by characteristic patterns of stress, pitch, and pauses
b. a mathematical or logical statement (as an equation or a proposition) in words or symbols5. period 2btransitive verb
( sen·tenced ; sen·tenc·ing)
DATE 1592 1. to impose a sentence on2. to cause to suffer something
sentenced these most primitive cultures to extinction — E. W. Count sentence
late 13c., "doctrine, authoritative teaching," from O.Fr. sentence (12c.), from L. sententia "thought, meaning, judgment, opinion," from sentientem, prp. of sentire "be of opinion, feel, perceive" (see sense). Loss of first -i- in L. by dissimilation. Meaning "punishment imposed by a court" is from c.1300; that of "grammatically complete statement" is attested from mid-15c., from notion of "meaning," then "meaning expressed in words." The verb meaning "to pass judgment" is recorded from c.1400. Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 ☞ sentencesen·tence / 5sentEns / noun1. [C] (grammar 语法) a set of words expressing a statement, a question or an order, usually containing a subject and a verb. In written English sentences begin with a capital letter and end with a full stop / period (.), a question mark (?) or an exclamation mark / exclamation point (!). 句子2. [C, U] the punishment given by a court 判决；宣判；判刑:
a jail / prison sentence 判处监禁
a light / heavy sentence 轻判；重判
to be under sentence of death 被判处死刑
The judge passed sentence (= said what the punishment would be). 法官宣布了判决。
The prisoner has served (= completed) his sentence and will be released tomorrow. 犯人已服刑期满,明天将获释。⇨ see also death sentence , life sentence verb [often passive]
~ sb (to sth) to say officially in court that sb is to receive a particular punishment 判决；宣判；判刑:
▪ [VN]
to be sentenced to death / life imprisonment / three years in prison 被判死刑/终身监禁/三年徒刑
▪ [also VN to inf] Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English Oxford Collocations dictionary for students of Englishsentence
noun 1 group of words ADJ. long, short Try to keep your sentences short. | complete, whole | broken, incomplete | grammatical, grammatically correct | grammatically incorrect, ungrammatical | coherent | affirmative, negative | complex, simple | compound VERB + SENTENCE begin | finish Peter finished Jane's sentence for her. | construct, form, formulate, generate, write He can barely form a grammatical sentence. | parse SENTENCE + VERB contain sth, have sth Does the sentence contain an adverb? SENTENCE + NOUN structure 2 punishment given by a judge ADJ. maximum, minimum | long, short | harsh, heavy, severe, stiff | lenient, light | indefinite, indeterminate | appropriate | mandatory The judge imposed the mandatory sentence for murder. | suspended | custodial, jail, prison | non-custodial | death | life VERB + SENTENCE hand down, impose, pass, pronounce The judge will pass sentence on the accused this afternoon. | be given, get, receive | serve He will have to serve a life sentence. | carry out | await He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence. | face She could face a long prison sentence. | commute, reduce The death sentence may be commuted to life imprisonment. | suspend | appeal against | review | quash | carry The offence carries a maximum sentence of two years in prison. PREP. under ~ (of) He has been in prison for two months under sentence of death. | ~ for an eight-year sentence for burglary
Oxford Collocations dictionary for students of Englishsentence
verb PREP. for They had been sentenced for murder. | to He was sentenced to two years in prison. PHRASES sentence sb to death, sentence sb to imprisonment The judge sentenced her to life imprisonment. sentence verb ⇨ punish
sentence noun ⇨ punishment Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged Search result show the entry is found in: life sentence , or loose sentence , or minor sentence , or nominal sentence , or periodic sentence , or run-on sentence , or sentence adverb , or sentence fragment , or sentence sense , or sentence stress , or topic sentence , or cleft sentence , or death sentence , or kernel sentence , or matrix sentence , or open sentence , or sentence accent , or favorite sentence , or indefinite sentence , or indeterminate sentence
sen·tenceI. \ˈsent ən(t)s, -tən-, -nz\ noun
( -s) Usage: often attributiveEtymology: Middle English, from Old French, from Latin sententia feeling, opinion, expression of opinion, judgment, maxim, from (assumed) sentent-, sentens (irregular present participle of sentire to feel) + -ia -y — more at sense 1.
a. obsolete : a stated opinion, decision, or judgment; especially : a conclusion given on request or reached after deliberation
< such applause was heard as Mammon ended, and his sentence pleased, advising peace — John Milton >
b. : a decision or judicial determination of a court or tribunal : decree: as
(1) : the judgment of a court pronounced in a cause in civil and admiralty law
(2) : the judgment passed by a court or judge on a person on trial as a criminal or offender
(3) : the order by which a court or judge imposes punishment or penalty upon a person found guilty; especially : the punishment or penalty so imposed
< the sentence was 10 years and a large fine >2. : a brief spoken or written passage; as
a. : a short or pithy saying usually conveying moral instruction : axiom , maxim , saw
b. usually capitalized : one of the verses of Scripture with which morning and evening prayers and the burial service commence in churches of the Anglican communion 3. : a grammatically self-contained unit consisting of a word or a syntactically related group of words that expresses an assertion, a question, a command, a wish, or an exclamation, that in writing usually begins with a capital letter and concludes with appropriate end punctuation, and that in speech is phonetically distinguished by various patterns of stress, pitch, and pauses — compare minor sentence , predication 4. : a complete musical idea usually consisting of two phrases : period 5. : a declarative sentence or statement in logic : proposition II. verb
( -ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle English sentencen, from Middle French sentencier, from Late Latin sententiare, from Latin sententia sentence transitive verb1. obsolete : to decree, decide, or announce judicially 2.
a. : to pronounce sentence on : to condemn to penalty or punishment
< the defendant was sentenced at the conclusion of the trial >
b. : to prescribe the penalty or punishment of : doom — usually used with to
< was tried on the charge of inciting to riot and sentenced to thirty days in jail — E.S.Bates >3. : to judge the merits of (as a person or thing)
< let us not sentence the play before seeing it >4. : to cause to suffer or undergo something : destine
< elopement sentenced her to exile — Ann F. Wolfe >
< forces would be sentenced to an indefinite and costly stalemate — Time >
< set down his reactions to the quiet desperation of life they are sentenced to endure — W.F.Albright >intransitive verb1. obsolete : to give judgment 2. : to pronounce sentence
< the judges assemble for sentencing >III. noun: a mathematical or logical statement (as an equation or a proposition) in words or symbols
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