Definizione monolingua

sentence

sentence (third-person singular simple present sentences, present participle sentencing, simple past and past participle sentenced)

1. To declare a sentence on a convicted person.

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

   • 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I,

     The murderer, he recalled, had been tried and sentenced to imprisonment for life, but was pardoned by a merciful governor after serving a year of his sentence.

sentence (plural sentences)

1. (obsolete) Ones opinion; manner of thinking. [14th-17th c.]
2. (now rare) Someones pronounced opinion or judgment on a given question. [from 14th c.]
3. (dated) The decision or judgement of a jury or court; a verdict. [from 14th c.]

   The court returned a sentence of guilt in the first charge, but innocence in the second.

4. The judicial order for a punishment to be imposed on a person convicted of a crime. [from 14th c.]

   The judge declared a sentence of death by hanging for the infamous cattle rustler.

   • 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I,

     The murderer, he recalled, had been tried and sentenced to imprisonment for life, but was pardoned by a merciful governor after serving a year of his sentence.

5. (obsolete) A saying, especially form a great person; a maxim, an apophthegm. [14th-19th c.]
   • 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, I.40:

     Men (saith an ancient Greek sentence) are tormented by the opinions they have of things, and not by things themselves.

6. (grammar) A grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate, even if one or the other is implied, and typically beginning with a capital letter and ending with a full stop. [from 15th c.]

   The children were made to construct sentences consisting of nouns and verbs from the list on the chalkboard.

7. (logic) A formula with no free variables. [from 20th c.]
8. (computing theory) Any of the set of strings that can be generated by a given formal grammar. [from 20th c.]

Definizione dizionario sentence

	frase
	grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
	A grammatically complete series of words (consisting of a subject and predicate, even if one or the other is implied) that typically begins with a capital letter and ends with a full stop.

	condannare
	declare a sentence on a convicted person

sentenza

The official and authentic decision of a court of justice upon the respective rights and claims of the parties to an action or suit therein litigated and submitted to its determination, the final decision of the court resolving the dispute and determining the rights and obligations of the parties. The law's last word in a judicial controversy, it being the final determination by a court of the rights of the parties upon matters submitted to it in an action or proceeding. (Source: WESTS)

	condanna
	decision of a jury

	pena
	punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime

castigare

giudicare

giudizio

periodo

phrase

proposizione

punire

punizione

sentenziare

Altri significati:

(logic) A formula with no free variables. [from 20th c.]

(grammar) A grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate, even if one or the other is implied, and typically beginning with a capital letter and ending with a full stop. [from 15th c.]

(now rare) Someone's pronounced opinion or judgment on a given question. [from 14th c.]

conviction

(computing theory) Any of the set of strings that can be generated by a given formal grammar. [from 20th c.]

(dated) The decision or judgement of a jury or court; a verdict. [from 14th c.]

(obsolete) A saying, especially form a great person; a maxim, an apophthegm. [14th-19th c.]

section (i.e. of text)

(obsolete) One's opinion; manner of thinking. [14th-17th c.]

formula with no free variables

To declare a sentence on a convicted person.

The judicial order for a punishment to be imposed on a person convicted of a crime. [from 14th c.]

The punishment imposed upon a person that has been convicted of a crime.