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41sentence — ► NOUN 1) a set of words that is complete in itself, conveying a statement, question, exclamation, or command and typically containing a subject and predicate. 2) the punishment assigned to someone found guilty by a court. ► VERB ▪ declare the… …
42sentence — The judgment formally pronounced by the court or judge upon the defendant after his conviction in a criminal prosecution, imposing the punishment to be inflicted, usually in the form of a fine, incarceration, or probation. See e.g. 18 U.S.C.A. No …
43Sentence spacing — Double sentence spaced typewriter text (1946) vs. single sentence spaced typeset text (1979) Sentence spacing is the horizontal space between sentences in typeset text. It is a matter of typographical convention …
44Sentence (linguistics) — In the field of linguistics, a sentence is an expression in natural language, and often defined to indicate a grammatical unit consisting of one or more words that generally bear minimal syntactic relation to the words that precede or follow it.… …
45sentence — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 group of words ADJECTIVE ▪ long, short ▪ Try to keep your sentences short. ▪ complete, whole ▪ broken …
46SENTENCE — s. f. Dit mémorable, apophthegme, maxime qui renferme un grand sens, une belle moralité. Les proverbes de Salomon sont autant de sentences. Un discours plein de sentences. Le style de Sénèque est rempli de sentences. Une des plus belles sentences …
47Sentence (law) — Criminal procedure Criminal trials and convictions …
48sentence — (san tan s ) s. f. 1° Parole qui renferme un grand sens, une pensée morale. • Les saints disent en parlant des choses divines, qu il faut les aimer pour les connaître, et qu on n entre dans la vérité que par la charité ; dont ils ont fait une …
49Sentence capitale — Peine de mort Application de la peine de mort dans le monde      Abolie pour tous les crimes …
50sentence — sen|tence1 W2S1 [ˈsentəns] n [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: Latin sententia feeling, opinion, sentence , from sentire; SENTIENT] 1.) a group of words that usually contains a subject and a verb, and expresses a complete idea. Sentences… …
