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sentences Definition and Meaning in English (sentences definition)

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Sentences definition: A group of words that expresses a complete thought, often containing a subject and a predicate, and typically beginning with a capital letter and ending with a period, question mark, or exclamation point.

Definitions of Sentences

  1. 1noun

    A group of words that expresses a complete thought, often containing a subject and a predicate, and typically beginning with a capital letter and ending with a period, question mark, or exclamation point.

  2. 2verb(formal)

    To declare the punishment decided for an offender by a court of law, used in the third-person singular present tense.

Example Sentences

casual

“The teacher asked the students to write five complete sentences.”

formal

“The judge sentences the defendant to ten years in prison.”

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Inflected Word Forms

past tensesentenced
gerundsentencing
nounsentence

Phrases & Idiomatic Expressions

death sentencecollocation

A legal punishment of death for a crime.

life sentencecollocation

A legal punishment of imprisonment for the rest of a person's life.

sentence structurecollocation

The way words are arranged to form a sentence.

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Sentences definition: A group of words that expresses a complete thought, often containing a subject and a predicate, and typically beginning with a capital letter and ending with a period, question mark, or exclamation point.
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'Sentences' translates to 'sentences' in English. Sentences definition: A group of words that expresses a complete thought, often containing a subject and a predicate, and typically beginning with a capital letter and ending with a period, question mark, or exclamation point.
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