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Sentence logo #10101) Castigation 2) Chastisement 3) Component of a paragraph 4) Conviction aftermath 5) Court decision 6) Court punishment 7) Decision of a judge 8) Five to ten 9) French word used in English 10) Group of words or years 11) Impose a punishment on 12) It could be several years 13) It may be diagrammed
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Sentence logo #10101) Condemnation 2) Custody 3) Doom 4) Foredoom 5) Interrogation 6) Judgment 7) Maxim 8) Phrase 9) Punishment 10) Ruling 11) Term
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sentence logo #212141) n. the punishment given to a person convicted of a crime. A sentence is ordered by the judge, based on the verdict of the jury (or the judge's decision if there is no jury) within the possible punishments set by state law (or federal law in convictions for a federal crime). Popularly, "sentence" refers to the jail or prison time ordered after co...
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sentence logo #22101A group of words containing a verb that makes complete sense.
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Sentence logo #21002• (v. t.) To pass or pronounce judgment upon; to doom; to condemn to punishment; to prescribe the punishment of. • (n.) In civil and admiralty law, the judgment of a court pronounced in a cause; in criminal and ecclesiastical courts, a judgment passed on a criminal by a court or judge; condemnation pronounced by a judgical tribunal; doom....
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sentence logo #21003(from the article `language`) ...be regarded as merely sequences of syllables. The concept of the word is a grammatical concept; in speech, words are not separated by pauses, but ... ...has also been proposed for these disciplines. Given the formal language of a science, it is possible to define a notion of truth. Such a truth ... [1...
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sentence logo #21003(from the article `metalogic`) ...usually contains three parts: (1) a list of primitive symbols (basic units) given mechanically, (2) certain combinations of these symbols, singled ...
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sentence logo #21003in law, formal judgment of a convicted defendant in a criminal case setting the punishment to be meted out. In civil cases the terms decision, ... [4 related articles]
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sentence logo #20688In law, the judgement of a court stating the punishment to be imposed following a plea of guilty or a finding of guilt by a jury. Before a sentence is imposed, the antecedents (criminal record) and...
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Sentence logo #21213(n) Sentence is the order or verdict of the jury or the judge imposing punishment to the person convicted of a crime, deciding the terms and type of punishment he has to undergo.
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Sentence logo #10444a form of punishment ordered by a court
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Sentence logo #20972Sen'tence noun [ French, from Latin sententia , for sentientia , from sentire to discern by the senses and the mind, to feel, to think. See Sense , noun , and confer Sentiensi .] 1. Sense; meaning; significance. [ Obsolete] « T...
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Sentence logo #20972Sen'tence transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Sentenced ; present participle & verbal noun Sentencing .] 1. To pass or pronounce judgment upon; to doom; to condemn to punishment; to prescribe the punishment of. « N...
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Sentence logo #20492A sentence is a sequence of words constructed in accordance with the conventions of standard grammar. Such a group will have a sense of completeness and a clarity of meaning. It will usually be constructed around a noun phrase acting as the subject of a finite verb, i.e. it will contain at least one main clause. The rules of grammar concern the ord...
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Sentence logo #21217In grammar, a sentence is one or more clauses. A simple sentence contains a single clause. For example 'the dog barked.' A compound sentence contains two or more clauses joined by conjunctions, such as 'the dog barked and the dog ran after the cat.' A complex sentence is one in which a main clause is joined with a subordinate clause by a conjunctio...
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sentence logo #23038A sentence is the largest independent unit in the GRAMMAR of the language. It may include other CLAUSES within it. Sometimes it is necessary to distinguish the lexical sentences of spoken language, distinguished by their 'completeness' of structure etc, from the textual sentences of written language, distinguished by punctuation.
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Sentence logo #20403a set of words which form a grammatically complete statement, usually containing a subject, verb, and object
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Sentence logo #20815 A sentence can be simple, compound or complex. A simple sentence consists of one clause: It was late. A compound sentence has two or more clauses joined by and, or, but or so. The clauses are of equal weight (they are both main clauses): It was late but I wasn't tired. A complex sentence consists of a main clause which itself includes one or more ...
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sentence logo #20974 noun a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language; `he always spoke in grammatical sentences`
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Sentence logo #21203Denotes a certain class of complex symbols in a language. Which combinations of symbols are to be regarded as sentences in the language is normally determined (a) by certain specifiable formation rules (e.g. in English, that any proper name followed by verb in the singular constitutes a sentence), (b) by the presence of certain specific 'morphemes....
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sentence logo #21221(grammar) In grammar, a unit of words that makes sense in itself, usually containing a finite verb, beginning with a capital letter, and ending with a full stop. It is distinguished from a phrase because it contains a complete thought. Grammatical rules concerning parts of speech and punctuati...
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sentence logo #21221(law) In law, the judgement of a court stating the punishment to be imposed following a plea of guilty or a finding of guilt by a jury. Before a sentence is imposed, the antecedents (criminal record) and any relevant reports on the defendant are made known to the judge and the defence may make...
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sentence logo #23665 a string of words satisfying grammatical rules of a language
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sentence logo #23665[TEKS ELAR vocabulary] a string of words satisfying grammatical rules of a language
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sentence logo #23665[PARCC7 glossary] a string of words satisfying grammatical rules of a language
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