сенте́нция — meaning in English

English meaning

• dictum noun An authoritative statement; a dogmatic saying; a maxim, an apothegm.
• maxim noun A short, memorable statement that expresses a general truth or rule for behaviour.
• sentence noun A group of words that forms a complete grammatical statement, usually with a subject and a verb.

Senses

сенте́нция is used for these senses in English:

• dictum An authoritative statement; a dogmatic saying; a maxim, an apothegm.
• epigram A brief but witty saying.
• maxim A precept; a succinct statement or observation of a rule of conduct or moral teaching.
• sentence (obsolete) A saying, especially from a great person; a maxim, an apophthegm. [14th–19th c.]

dictum — full definition

1. noun An authoritative statement; a dogmatic saying; a maxim, an apothegm.
2. noun A judicial opinion expressed by judges on points that do not necessarily arise in the case, and are not involved in it.
3. noun The report of a judgment made by one of the judges who has given it.
4. noun An arbitrament or award.

maxim — full definition

1. noun A short, memorable statement that expresses a general truth or rule for behaviour.
2. noun An early type of machine gun, named after its inventor, that fires automatically as long as the trigger is held.

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