OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 2846

sentence

/ˈsɛntəns/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
condena • fazaña (disused) • sentencia
The decision or judgement of a jury or court; a verdict.
A branch that has played a significant part in the history of its territory is under sentence at the end of the summer timetables, so far as its passenger services are concerned.
The court returned a sentence of guilt in the first charge, but innocence in the second.
condena • fazaña (disused) • sentencia
The judicial order for a punishment to be imposed on a person convicted of a crime.
The judge declared a sentence of death by hanging for the infamous child rapist.
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.
condena • pena • punición • sentencia
A punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime.
oración
A grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate, even if one or the other is implied. In modern writing, when using e.g. the Latin, Greek or Cyrillic alphabets, typically beginning with a capital letter and ending with a full stop or other punctuation.
Near-synonym: clause
The children were made to construct sentences consisting of nouns and verbs from the list on the chalkboard.
Word forms
📚 verb • entry_id 2847

sentence

/ˈsɛntəns/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
condenar • sentenciar
To declare a sentence on a convicted person; to condemn to punishment.
Nature herself is sentenced in your doom.
The judge sentenced the embezzler to ten years in prison, along with a hefty fine.