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Sentence — Sen tence, n. [F., from L. sententia, for sentientia, from sentire to discern by the senses and the mind, to feel, to think. See {Sense}, n., and cf. {Sentiensi}.] 1. Sense; meaning; significance. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Tales of best sentence and… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sentence — [sent′ ns] n. [OFr < L sententia, way of thinking, opinion, sentiment, prob. for sentientia < sentiens, prp. of sentire, to feel, SENSE] 1. a) a decision or judgment, as of a court; esp., the determination by a court of the punishment of a… … English World dictionary
sentence adverb — Gram. an adverb modifying or commenting upon the content of a sentence as a whole or upon the conditions under which it is uttered, as frankly in Frankly, he can t be trusted. [1890 95] * * * … Universalium
sentence — sentencer, n. /sen tns/, n., v., sentenced, sentencing. n. 1. Gram. a grammatical unit of one or more words, bearing minimal syntactic relation to the words that precede or follow it, often preceded and followed in speech by pauses, having one of … Universalium
sentence fragment — sen′tence frag ment n. gram. a phrase or clause written as a sentence but lacking an element, as a subject or verb, that would enable it to function as an independent sentence in normative written English … From formal English to slang
sentence — sen•tence [[t]ˈsɛn tns[/t]] n. v. tenced, tenc•ing 1) gram. a structurally independent grammatical unit of one or more words, in speech often preceded and followed by pauses and in writing begun with a capital letter and ended with a period or… … From formal English to slang
sentence adverb — sen′tence ad verb n. oce gram. an adverb modifying or commenting upon the content of a sentence as a whole or upon the conditions under which it is uttered, as frankly in Frankly, he can t be trusted[/ex] • Etymology: 1890–95 … From formal English to slang
nominal sentence — noun : an equational sentence * * * Gram. a sentence consisting of a subject and complement without a linking verb, as Very interesting, those books. [1920 25] … Useful english dictionary
Dark sentence — Sentence Sen tence, n. [F., from L. sententia, for sentientia, from sentire to discern by the senses and the mind, to feel, to think. See {Sense}, n., and cf. {Sentiensi}.] 1. Sense; meaning; significance. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Tales of best… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
cleft sentence — Gram. 1. a sentence in which a simpler sentence is paraphrased by being divided into two parts, each with its own verb, in order to emphasize certain information, esp. a sentence beginning with expletive it and a form of be followed by the… … Universalium
minor sentence — Gram. 1. any sentence that is not a true full sentence; a transformation by deletion from a full sentence. 2. a sentence not having the usual subject predicate structure, as Down with the dictator! * * * … Universalium
