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sentence noun 1 a sequence of words forming a meaningful grammatical structure that can stand alone as a complete utterance, and which in written English usually begins with a capital letter and ends with a full stop, question mark or exclamation mark. See note. 2 a punishment pronounced by a court or judge; its announcement in court. 3 a judgement, opinion or decision. verb (sentenced, sentencing) 1 to announce the judgement or sentence to be given to someone. 2 to condemn someone to a punishment • They've sentenced him to five years' imprisonment. sentential adj. sententially adverb. pass sentence on someone to announce the punishment to be given to someone.
ETYMOLOGY: 13c: French, from Latin sententia opinion, from sentire to feel.

sentence

A sentence is sometimes defined as a grammatical structure that contains at least one CLAUSE with an expressed CLAUSE and a CLAUSE verb, as in I'm going home or It'll be cooler outside or If you were as fit as that, would you waste your time doing press-ups? However, in many sentences, sometimes known as sentence fragments, the subject and/or the verb may be implied rather than expressed • Where are you going?' 'To have a bath.' (= 'I'm going to have a bath') • 'What's he doing now?' 'Thinking.' (= 'He's thinking'). The same is true for exclamations, such as How awful! and What a pity!

sentence noun 1 a sequence of words forming a meaningful grammatical structure that can stand alone as a complete utterance, and which in written English usually begins with a capital letter and ends with a full stop, question mark or exclamation mark. See note. 2 a punishment pronounced by a court or judge; its announcement in court. 3 a judgement, opinion or decision. verb (sentenced, sentencing) 1 to announce the judgement or sentence to be given to someone. 2 to condemn someone to a punishment • They've sentenced him to five years' imprisonment. sentential adj. sententially adverb. pass sentence on someone to announce the punishment to be given to someone.
ETYMOLOGY: 13c: French, from Latin sententia opinion, from sentire to feel.

sentence

A sentence is sometimes defined as a grammatical structure that contains at least one CLAUSE with an expressed CLAUSE and a CLAUSE verb, as in I'm going home or It'll be cooler outside or If you were as fit as that, would you waste your time doing press-ups? However, in many sentences, sometimes known as sentence fragments, the subject and/or the verb may be implied rather than expressed • Where are you going?' 'To have a bath.' (= 'I'm going to have a bath') • 'What's he doing now?' 'Thinking.' (= 'He's thinking'). The same is true for exclamations, such as How awful! and What a pity!

sentence noun 1 a sequence of words forming a meaningful grammatical structure that can stand alone as a complete utterance, and which in written English usually begins with a capital letter and ends with a full stop, question mark or exclamation mark. See note. 2 a punishment pronounced by a court or judge; its announcement in court. 3 a judgement, opinion or decision. verb (sentenced, sentencing) 1 to announce the judgement or sentence to be given to someone. 2 to condemn someone to a punishment • They've sentenced him to five years' imprisonment. sentential adj. sententially adverb. pass sentence on someone to announce the punishment to be given to someone.
ETYMOLOGY: 13c: French, from Latin sententia opinion, from sentire to feel.

sentence

A sentence is sometimes defined as a grammatical structure that contains at least one CLAUSE with an expressed CLAUSE and a CLAUSE verb, as in I'm going home or It'll be cooler outside or If you were as fit as that, would you waste your time doing press-ups? However, in many sentences, sometimes known as sentence fragments, the subject and/or the verb may be implied rather than expressed • Where are you going?' 'To have a bath.' (= 'I'm going to have a bath') • 'What's he doing now?' 'Thinking.' (= 'He's thinking'). The same is true for exclamations, such as How awful! and What a pity!