Definition for Sentence:

• ( Archaic) one\'s opinion for or against some course or conclusion( my s. is for war); ( archaic) pithy saying, briefly expressed thought, maxim, proverb, so( in common use) sententious a., sententiously adv., sententiousness n.; verdict( rare), ( declaration of) punishment allotted to person condemned in criminal trial( also transf.); ( Gram.) set of words complete in itself, containing subject& predicate( either, or part of either or both, somet. omitted by ellipsis), & conveying a statement, question, or command( e. g. I go, will you go?, go= go thou or you, what? = what did you say?, hearts trumps= hearts are trumps; simple s., with single subject& predicate; compound s., with more than one of either or both; complex s., with subordinate clause or clauses), so sentential a. ( rare); ( loosely in Gram.; usu. subordinate s.) subordinate clause; small amount of speech, usu. that between two full stops often including several grammatical sentences( e. g. I went& he came). ( Vb) state s. of( condemned criminal, or transf.), declare condemned to. [ old French]

Synonyms for Sentence:

• n.

  •
  • allophone,
  • collocate,
  • accusative,
  • edict,
  • allomorph,
  • adjunct,
  • article,
  • antecedent,
  • dictum,
  • decree,
  • case,
  • order.
  •
  • law,
  • mete out,
  • administer.
  •
  • internment,
  • correctional,
  • prison,
  • life.
  •condemnation (noun)
  • damning,
  • conviction,
  • death sentence,
  • death penalty.
  •judgement (noun)
  • consideration,
  • adjudication,
  • ruling,
  • pronouncement,
  • assessment,
  • arbitration,
  • mediation,
  • resolution,
  • appraisal,
  • determination.
  •justice (noun)
  • penalty.
  •passage (noun)
  • paragraph,
  • verse.
  •phrase (noun)
  • expression,
  • slogan,
  • idiom,
  • locution,
  • figure of speech,
  • mannerism,
  • phraseology,
  • epigram,
  • cliche,
  • phrase,
  • metaphor,
  • terminology,
  • motto,
  • Verbalism,
  • adage,
  • maxim,
  • catchphrase,
  • proverb,
  • clause,
  • euphemism.
  •punishing decree (noun)
  • hitch,
  • considered opinion,
  • censure,
  • trick,
  • sleep,
  • jolt,
  • stretch,
  • vacation,
  • clock,
  • knock,
  • getup,
  • book,
  • fall,
  • term,
  • time,
  • punishment.
  •punishment (noun)
  • incarceration,
  • crucifixion,
  • retribution,
  • agony,
  • forfeiture,
  • correction,
  • imprisonment,
  • confinement,
  • payment,
  • revenge,
  • castigation,
  • persecution,
  • reprisal,
  • chastisement,
  • affliction,
  • execution,
  • price.
  •sentence (noun)
  • judgment of conviction,
  • prison term.

• v.

  •condemn (verb)
  • find guilty,
  • pass sentence,
  • execrate.
  •decide punishment (verb)
  • penalize,
  • impound,
  • send to prison,
  • adjudicate,
  • incarcerate,
  • devote,
  • ordain,
  • denounce,
  • put away,
  • take the fall,
  • blame,
  • rule,
  • pass judgment,
  • confine,
  • adjudge,
  • imprison,
  • settle.
  •imprison (verb)
  • fence,
  • collar,
  • bridle,
  • harness,
  • handcuff,
  • shackle,
  • cage,
  • fetter,
  • straight jacket,
  • manacle,
  • tether.
  •judge (verb)
  • consider,
  • assess,
  • appraise,
  • find,
  • determine,
  • pronounce,
  • arbitrate,
  • decide,
  • resolve,
  • mediate,
  • referee.
  •punish (verb)
  • chasten,
  • persecute,
  • correct,
  • distress,
  • burden,
  • afflict,
  • avenge,
  • castigate,
  • chastise,
  • discipline,
  • lambaste,
  • agonize,
  • execute,
  • try,
  • reprise,
  • anguish,
  • Keelhaul,
  • pillory,
  • crucify,
  • torture,
  • fine.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • quotation.
  •
  • transformation.
  •condemn
  • send up the river,
  • Denunciate,
  • sending up the river,
  • pass sentence on.
  •judge
  • pronounce sentence.

Paraphrases for Sentence:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    Sentencing.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    Sentencing.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    gets.
  • Noun, plural
    obligations.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    indictment, offence, sense, word, remark, sorrow, pain, subparagraph, shame, grief, detention.
  • Verb, past tense
    hung, Hanged, rejected.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    serving, Bothering, threatening, declining, Cultivating, trying, Having, going, Doing.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    criminalizes, denounces, penalizes, deplores.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    Sentenced, Penalties, punishment, Punishments, phrase, phrases, judgements, condemnation, imprisonment, Judgments.
  • Noun, plural
    judgements.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    Sentenced, punishment, imposition, clause, incarceration, phrase, adjudication, prayer, trial, expression, condemnation, confinement, wording, pity, imprisonment, knell, prosecution.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    struggling.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    convicts.

Antonyms for Sentence:

• n.

  • punishing decree
    charge, encouragement, reward, accusation, indecision.
  • Other antonyms:
    applaud, justify, approve, praise, absolve, acquit.

• v.

  • decide punishment
    commend, exonerate, liberate, free, accuse, release, let go, pardon, blame.

Homophones for Sentence:

• scantiness, Saint Dominic, sandiness, ski conditions, sundanese, santims, smoothness, sentiency, Six Nations, Saint Denis, snootiness, shantung, sayan mountains, Saint Athanasius, scantness, sending, Sam Adams, squinting, sounding, Santo Domingo, soundness, sun dance, send a message, saint nick, something, smuttiness, sentience, Saint Thomas.

Hypernym for Sentence:

• n.

  • communication
    declaratory sentence, declarative sentence, complex sentence, interrogative sentence, interrogative, run-on sentence, compound sentence, interrogation, simple sentence, question, topic sentence.

• v.

  • communication
    foredoom, reprobate.

Hyponym for Sentence:

• n.

  • communication
    string of words, word string, linguistic string.

• v.

  • communication
    declare.

Meronym for Sentence:

• n.

  • communication
    constituent, grammatical constituent, clause.