(of sentence)
31sentence, suspended — n. A sentence that is not imposed on the defendant on the condition that he or she does not violate terms specified at sentencing. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008 …
32sentence adverb — sentence .adverb n an adverb that relates to the whole sentence that contains it …
33sentence adverb — sentence ,adverb noun count an adverb that affects the meaning of a whole sentence …
34sentence adverb — sentence adverbs N COUNT Adverbs such as fortunately and perhaps which apply to the whole clause, rather than to part of it, are sometimes called sentence adverbs …
35sentence — [n] punishing decree book, censure, clock, condemnation, considered opinion, decision, determination, dictum, doom, edict, fall, getup*, hitch, jolt, judgment, knock, order, penalty, pronouncement, punishment, rap*, ruling, sending up the river* …
36sentence stress — n. the arrangement of stresses on the syllables of the words making up a sentence, varying in distribution as for emphasis, contrast, etc …
37Sentence method — Sen tence meth od (Education) A method of teaching reading by giving first attention to phrases and sentences and later analyzing these into their verbal and alphabetic components; contrasted with {alphabet method} and {word method}. See also… …
38sentence, death — See death penalty The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008 …
39sentence report — see presentence report Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations …
40sentence adverb — 1. Certain adverbs, such as actually, basically, clearly, frankly, interestingly, normally, regrettably, strictly, and usually, have the special role of qualifying entire statements rather than individual words. Some of these are adverbs of time… …
