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virke — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • sentence noun A group of words that forms a complete grammatical statement, usually with a subject and a verb.

Senses

virke is used for these senses in English:

  • sentence (grammar) A grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate, even if one or the other is implied. In modern writing, when using e.g. the Latin, Greek or Cyrillic alphabets, typically beginning with a capital letter and ending with a full stop or other punctuation. [from 15th c.]

sentence — full definition

  1. noun A group of words that forms a complete grammatical statement, usually with a subject and a verb.
  2. noun The punishment given to someone found guilty of a crime.
  3. verb To formally give a punishment to someone convicted of a crime.

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