sentence
noun
- 1
(criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed
the conviction came as no surprise
- 2
a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language
he always spoke in grammatical sentences
- 3
the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned
he served a prison term of 15 months
his sentence was 5 to 10 years
verb
- 1
pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law
He was condemned to ten years in prison
Also useful for “sentence”:Unscrambler— Rearrange the letters in “sentence”