Meaning

3 senses

  1. (transitive)To declare a sentence on a convicted person; to condemn to punishment.

    The judge sentenced the embezzler to ten years in prison, along with a hefty fine.

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    пригова́риватьprigovárivatʹ, приговори́тьprigovorítʹ, осужда́тьosuždátʹ

    засу́джуватиzasúdžuvaty, засуди́тиzasudýty, прису́джуватиprysúdžuvaty

  2. (especially, poetic)To decree, announce, or pass as a sentence.

  3. (obsolete)To utter sententiously.

More definitions
  • pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law

Examples

3591 sentences

  1. Make this sentence a little shorter.

    Зроби це речення трохи коротшим. — deniko

    ruСделайте это предложение немного короче. — fjay69

    deVerkürze diesen Satz ein bisschen. — MUIRIEL

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  2. Please explain this sentence to me.

    Будь ласка, поясніть мені це речення. — deniko

    ruПожалуйста, объясни мне эту фразу. — odexed

    deBitte erklär mir diesen Satz! — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  3. Tom is serving a life sentence.

    Том відбуває довічне ув'язнення. — deniko

    ruТом отбывает пожизненное заключение. — sharptoothed

    deTom sitzt eine lebenslange Freiheitsstrafe ab. — Yorwba

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  4. The teacher made me repeat the sentence.

    Вчитель примусив мене повторити речення. — deniko

    deDer Lehrer ließ mich den Satz wiederholen. — Manfredo

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  5. You must begin a sentence with a capital letter.

    Речення треба починати писати з великої літери. — aandrusiak

    ruПредложение должно начинаться с заглавной буквы. — tien_oroniel

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
declare a sentence on a convicted person:
Русский
By meaning 1
declare a sentence on a convicted person:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
declare a sentence on a convicted person:

Origin

Borrowed from Middle French sentence, from Latin sententia (“way of thinking, opinion, sen

Borrowed from Middle French sentence, from Latin sententia (“way of thinking, opinion, sentiment”), from sentiēns, present participle of sentiō (“to feel, think”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sent- (“to feel”).

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Forms

sentences, sentencing, sentenced, sentenced
Base formsentence · to sentence
3rd person singularsentences
Present participlesentencing
Past simplesentenced
Past participlesentenced

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theysentence
he, she, itsentences

Past simpleLesson

all personssentenced

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave sentenced
he, she, ithas sentenced

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill sentence

Synonyms

9 synonyms
condemnB2doomB2convictC1damnB2deemB2judgeA1adjudgepass sentence
Close in meaning
  • pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law:condemndoom

Word family

4 related words
Derivedoversentenceresentencesentencerunsentenced

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

12 patterns
  • was sentenced to
  • sentenced to death
  • a life sentence
  • translate this sentence
  • sentenced to life
  • life sentence
  • sentenced to three
  • rewrite this sentence
  • has been sentenced
  • of this sentence
  • three year sentence
  • the judge sentenced

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
sensorsensorysensualsentientC1sentimentC1sentimentalC1

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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