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sentences sen·tence

Spelling: [sen-tns]

IPA: /ˈsɛn tns/

Sentences is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 116 anagrams from letters in sentences (ceeennsst).

Definitions for sentences

noun

1. Grammar. a grammatical unit of one or more words that expresses an independent statement, question, request, command, exclamation, etc., and that typically has a subject as well as a predicate, as in John is here. or Is John here? In print or writing, a sentence typically begins with a capital letter and ends with appropriate punctuation; in speech it displays recognizable, communicative intonation patterns and is often marked by preceding and following pauses.
2. Law. an authoritative decision; a judicial judgment or decree, especially the judicial determination of the punishment to be inflicted on a convicted criminal: the punishment itself; term:
3. Music. a complete idea, usually consisting of eight to sixteen measures; period (def 18). See also phrase (def 4).
4. Archaic. a saying, apothegm, or maxim.
5. Obsolete. an opinion given on a particular question.

verb (used with object)

1. to pronounce sentence upon; condemn to punishment:

Origin of sentences

1175-1225; (noun) Middle English Old French Latin sententia ‘opinion, decision’, equivalent to sent- (base of sentīre ‘to feel’) + -entia -ence; (v.) Middle English:

Examples for sentences

Short trials produce convictions and sentences, but the time is often run concurrently, not adding any time to the sentence.

sentences making such outcomes inevitable were once rare, but many inmates are serving them now.

Both Ney and Abramoff have reentered the public spotlight following their sentences, writing books about their experiences.

Even when he opens up, the sentences are wooden, the scenes sucked dry of emotion.

The sentences that precede that quoted by Sir Martin are Greek in tendency.

His notes on special words and on the construction of sentences are often very interesting.

He took a good deal of time and coughed between the sentences.

With grains that feed the Cannon's breath, And boom his sentences of death!

The sentences were not of his framing; the ideas were utterly foreign to him.

The now-convicted felons will hear their sentences in January, but their story continues to spiral downward.