sentence
noun [ C ]
uk
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sentence noun [C] (WORD GROUP)
A1
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.
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clause (GRAMMAR) specialized
- 'Bob' is the subject of the sentence 'Bob threw the ball'.
- In the sentence 'I wish I were rich', the verb 'were' is in the subjunctive.
- Sorry, could you just say that last sentence again please?
- 'He was released from prison, ' is a passive sentence.
- In the sentence 'I sent Victoria a letter', 'send' is ditransitive.
sentence noun [C] (PUNISHMENT)
B2
a punishment given by a judge in court to a person or organization after they have been found guilty of doing something wrong:
pronounce sentence
- ankle bracelet
- ankle tag
- attach
- attachment
- bar
- be brought/called to account idiom
- bring
- discipline
- flay
- grounded
- hair shirt
- hang
- have sb's guts for garters idiom
- spare
- strip sb of sth
- swing
- swing for it idiom
- tagging
- take the law into your own hands idiom
- take your lumps idiom
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Grammar
sentence
verb [ T ]
law
specialized uk
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B2
He was sentenced to life imprisonment.
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- Her sentence was commuted from death to life imprisonment.
- As it was her first conviction for stealing, she was given a less severe sentence.
- In some countries, drug-smuggling still carries the death sentence.
- The judge made an example of him and gave him the maximum possible sentence.
- He won his appeal and the sentence was halved.
