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Type Words
Synonyms condemn, doom
Type of declare
Has types reprobate, foredoom
Type Words
Synonyms condemnation, conviction, judgment of conviction
Type of final decision, final judgment
Has types murder conviction, rape conviction, robbery conviction
Type Words
Synonyms prison term, time
Type of term
Has types life sentence, life, hard time


his sentence was 5 to 10 years.
Type Words
Type of word string, string of words, linguistic string
Has types declarative sentence, declaratory sentence, interrogative sentence, complex sentence, compound sentence, interrogation, interrogative, topic sentence, question, run-on sentence, simple sentence
Derivation sentential


he always spoke in grammatical sentences.

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An inmate who fails boot camp returns to prison to complete his or her sentence.
From the dailyherald.com
The Director doesn't have a say over where a prisoner serves out their sentence.
From the washingtontimes.com
The Sudanese man reading the Bush memoirs finishes his sentence on July 7, 2012.
From the sacbee.com
Typically that sentence would send Colorado sports fans into a territorial rage.
From the denverpost.com
Normally, inmates with a life sentence earn parole consideration after 25 years.
From the kansas.com
Regan, now 52, is serving a 12-year prison sentence for the attempted abduction.
From the timesunion.com
The death sentence revocation is said to increase hope for his eventual freedom.
From the upi.com
If Vick completes the program, his sentence could be reduced to about 12 months.
From the upi.com
Prosecutors are seeking a sentence of life in prison for the 18-year-old Conley.
From the dailyherald.com
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  • A string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language; "he always spoke in grammatical sentences"
  • Pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law; "He was condemned to ten years in prison"
  • Conviction: (criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed; "the conviction came as no surprise"
  • Prison term: the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned; "he served a prison term of 15 months"; "his sentence was 5 to 10 years"; "he is doing time in the county jail"
  • In law, a sentence forms the final act of a judge-ruled process, and also the symbolic principal act connected to his function. The sentence generally involves a decree of imprisonment, a fine and/or other punishments against a defendant convicted of a crime. ...
  • In the field of linguistics, a sentence is an expression in natural language, and often defined to indicate a grammatical unit consisting of one or more words that generally bear minimal syntactic relation to the words that precede or follow it. ...
  • In mathematical logic, a sentence of a predicate logic is a well formed formula with no free variables. A sentence can be viewed as expressing a proposition. It makes an assertion, potentially concerning any structure of L. This assertion has a fixed truth value with respect to the structure. ...
  • In western musical theory, the term sentence is used in connection with musical spans towards the lower end of the durational scale; i.e. melodic or thematic entities well below the level of 'movement' or 'section', but above the level of 'motif' or 'phrase'. ...
  • "The Sentence" is an episode of The Outer Limits television series. It first aired on 4 August 1996, and is the final episode of the second season.