One entry found for sentence.

Main Entry: ¹sen·tence
Pronunciation: sent-n(t)s, -nz
Function: noun
1 a : JUDGMENT 2; especially : one pronounced by a court in a criminal proceeding and specifying the punishment b : the punishment set by a court
2 a : a grammatically self-contained group of words that expresses a statement, a question, a command, a wish, or an exclamation b : a mathematical or logical statement (as an equation) in words or symbols
- sen·ten·tial /sen-ten-chl/ adjective