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- Dictionarysentence/ˈsɛnt(ə)ns/
noun
- 1. a set of words that is complete in itself, typically containing a subject and predicate, conveying a statement, question, exclamation, or command, and consisting of a main clause and sometimes one or more subordinate clauses.
- 2. the punishment assigned to a defendant found guilty by a court, or fixed by law for a particular offence: "her husband is serving a three-year sentence for fraud" Similar
verb
- 1. declare the punishment decided for (an offender): "ten army officers were sentenced to life imprisonment"
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A sentence is a combination of words put together to convey an idea, a fact, a question, a thought, a request or a command. Does that mean that you can assemble words in any order? Will it still be a sentence? No! Learn what a sentence is and how they are formed in this article.
a group of words, usually containing a verb, that expresses a thought in the form of a statement, question, instruction, or exclamation and starts with a capital letter when written: He's very impatient and always interrupts me mid-sentence. Your conclusion is good, but the final sentence is too long and complicated. Compare.
A sentence is a group of words that is complete in meaning. A sentence has a subject (what the sentence is about) and a predicate (something about the subject). A sentence consists of a main clause and sometimes one or more subordinate clauses.
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. the judgment formally pronounced upon a person convicted in criminal proceedings, esp the decision as to what punishment is to be imposed.
: 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 character...
A sentence is a group of words which, when they are written down, begin with a capital letter and end with a full stop, question mark, or exclamation mark. Most sentences contain a subject and a verb. 2. variable noun. In a law court, a sentence is the punishment that a person receives after they have been found guilty of a crime.
Definitions of sentence. noun. a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language. “he always spoke in grammatical sentences ”. see more. noun. (criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed. synonyms: condemnation, conviction, judgment of conviction. see more.
