sentence · pass sentence on somebody · carry/​face/​serve a seven-year/​life sentence · receive/​be given the death penalty · be sentenced to ten years (in ...

1[countable] (grammar) a set of words expressing a statement, a question, or an order, usually containing a subject and a verb. In written English sentences ...

sentence somebody to do something The judge sentenced him to hang. The court sentenced him to serve nine months for the assault.

to say officially in court that someone is to receive a particular punishment to be sentenced to death/life imprisonment/three years in prison.

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an adverb that expresses the speaker's attitude toward, or gives the subject of, the whole of the rest of the sentence In “Luckily, I didn't tell anyone” ...

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​(in the UK) a punishment, given by a court, that involves helping people in the community, having treatment for an addiction, etc. instead of going to ...

​two or more sentences or independent clauses joined without a conjunction or the correct punctuation. Questions about grammar and vocabulary?

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