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sentence — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • judgment noun The ability to make sensible decisions; good sense.
  • sentence noun A group of words that forms a complete grammatical statement, usually with a subject and a verb.

Senses

sentence is used for these senses in English:

  • judgment The power or faculty of performing such operations; especially, when unqualified, the faculty of judging or deciding rightly, justly, or wisely.
  • sentence A punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime.

judgment — full definition

  1. noun The ability to make sensible decisions; good sense.
  2. noun An opinion or conclusion reached after consideration.
  3. noun A formal decision made by a court.

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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