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noun · verb · 17 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈsɛn.təns/
  • General-American: [ˈsɛn.tn̩(t)s]
  • General-American: [ˈsɛn.ʔn̩(t)s]
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɛntəns
  • CMU ARPABET: S EH1 N T AH0 N S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The decision or judgement of a jury or court; a verdict.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dated

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The judicial order for a punishment to be imposed on a person convicted of a crime.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The judge declared a sentence of death by hanging for the infamous child rapist.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A saying, especially from a great person; a maxim, an apophthegm.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Examples

  • Near-synonym: clause
  • The children were made to construct sentences consisting of nouns and verbs from the list on the chalkboard.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: clause

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: syntagma, utterance

6

noun

Meaning 6

A formula with no free variables.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: human-sciences, logic, mathematics, philosophy, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

Any of the set of strings that can be generated by a given formal grammar.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, computing-theory, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

Sense; meaning; significance.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

One's opinion; manner of thinking.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

A pronounced opinion or judgment on a given question.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

verb

Meaning 11

To declare a sentence on a convicted person; to condemn to punishment.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • 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.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: adjudge, condemn, doom, convict, damn, deem, judge, sentence, pass sentence

Antonyms: none provided

12

verb

Meaning 12

To decree, announce, or pass as a sentence.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: especially, poetic

Topics: law

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

verb

Meaning 13

To utter sententiously.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

14

noun

Meaning 14

(criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the conviction came as no surprise

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: conviction, judgment of conviction, condemnation

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: final judgment, final decision

Narrower terms: murder conviction, rape conviction, robbery conviction

15

noun

Meaning 15

a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he always spoke in grammatical sentences

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: string of words, word string, linguistic string

Narrower terms: simple sentence, complex sentence, compound sentence, declarative sentence, declaratory sentence, run-on sentence, topic sentence, question, interrogation, interrogative, interrogative sentence

16

noun

Meaning 16

the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he served a prison term of 15 months
  • his sentence was 5 to 10 years
  • he is doing time in the county jail

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: prison term, time

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: term

Narrower terms: hard time, life sentence, life

17

verb

Meaning 17

pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • He was condemned to ten years in prison

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: condemn, doom

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: declare

Narrower terms: foredoom, reprobate

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French sentence, from Latin sententia (“way of thinking, opinion, sentiment”), from sentiēns, present participle of sentiō (“to feel, think”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sent- (“to feel”).

Across languages

Translations

462 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: حُكْم (ḥukm) — (dated) decision or judgement of a court — see also judgment, verdict
  • Armenian: դատավճիռ (datavčiṙ) — (dated) decision or judgement of a court — see also judgment, verdict
  • Azerbaijani: hökm — (dated) decision or judgement of a court — see also judgment, verdict
  • Belarusian: пры́суд (prýsud) — (dated) decision or judgement of a court — see also judgment, verdict
  • Belarusian: пры́гавар (prýhavar) — (dated) decision or judgement of a court — see also judgment, verdict
  • Belarusian: прыгаво́р (pryhavór) — (dated) decision or judgement of a court — see also judgment, verdict
  • Belarusian: вы́рак (výrak) — (dated) decision or judgement of a court — see also judgment, verdict
  • Bulgarian: присъ́да (prisǎ́da) — (dated) decision or judgement of a court — see also judgment, verdict
  • Catalan: sentència — (dated) decision or judgement of a court — see also judgment, verdict
  • Cebuano: sentensya — (dated) decision or judgement of a court — see also judgment, verdict
  • Cebuano: desisyon — (dated) decision or judgement of a court — see also judgment, verdict
  • Chinese Mandarin: 判刑 (pànxíng) — (dated) decision or judgement of a court — see also judgment, verdict
  • Chinese Mandarin: 判決 /判决 (pànjué) — (dated) decision or judgement of a court — see also judgment, verdict
  • Czech: rozsudek — (dated) decision or judgement of a court — see also judgment, verdict
  • Czech: verdikt — (dated) decision or judgement of a court — see also judgment, verdict
  • Danish: dom — (dated) decision or judgement of a court — see also judgment, verdict
  • Dutch: vonnis — (dated) decision or judgement of a court — see also judgment, verdict
  • Dutch: uitspraak — (dated) decision or judgement of a court — see also judgment, verdict
  • Dutch: oordeel — (dated) decision or judgement of a court — see also judgment, verdict
  • Esperanto: kondamno — (dated) decision or judgement of a court — see also judgment, verdict
  • Estonian: kohtuotsus — (dated) decision or judgement of a court — see also judgment, verdict
  • Finnish: päätös — (dated) decision or judgement of a court — see also judgment, verdict
  • Finnish: ratkaisu — (dated) decision or judgement of a court — see also judgment, verdict
  • Finnish: tuomio — (dated) decision or judgement of a court — see also judgment, verdict
  • French: jugement — (dated) decision or judgement of a court — see also judgment, verdict
  • French: peine — (dated) decision or judgement of a court — see also judgment, verdict
  • Georgian: განაჩენი (ganačeni) — (dated) decision or judgement of a court — see also judgment, verdict
  • Georgian: სასამართლო განაჩენი (sasamartlo ganačeni) — (dated) decision or judgement of a court — see also judgment, verdict
  • Georgian: გადაწყვეტილება (gadac̣q̇veṭileba) — (dated) decision or judgement of a court — see also judgment, verdict
  • Georgian: სასამართლო გადაწყვეტილება (sasamartlo gadac̣q̇veṭileba) — (dated) decision or judgement of a court — see also judgment, verdict
  • German: Urteil — (dated) decision or judgement of a court — see also judgment, verdict
  • Hebrew: מִשְׁפָּט (mishpát) — (dated) decision or judgement of a court — see also judgment, verdict
  • Hebrew: דִּין (din) — (dated) decision or judgement of a court — see also judgment, verdict
  • Hindi: सज़ा (sazā) — (dated) decision or judgement of a court — see also judgment, verdict
  • Hindi: निर्णय (nirṇay) — (dated) decision or judgement of a court — see also judgment, verdict
  • Hindi: फ़ैसला (faislā) — (dated) decision or judgement of a court — see also judgment, verdict
  • Hungarian: ítélet — (dated) decision or judgement of a court — see also judgment, verdict
  • Indonesian: vonis — (dated) decision or judgement of a court — see also judgment, verdict
  • Interlingua: sententia — (dated) decision or judgement of a court — see also judgment, verdict
  • Italian: condanna — (dated) decision or judgement of a court — see also judgment, verdict
  • Italian: sentenza — (dated) decision or judgement of a court — see also judgment, verdict
  • Japanese: 判決 (hanketsu) — (dated) decision or judgement of a court — see also judgment, verdict
  • Japanese: 宣告 (senkoku) — (dated) decision or judgement of a court — see also judgment, verdict
  • Kazakh: үкім (ükım) — (dated) decision or judgement of a court — see also judgment, verdict
  • Khmer: សាលក្រម (saal krɑm) — (dated) decision or judgement of a court — see also judgment, verdict
  • Korean: 판결 (pan'gyeol) — (dated) decision or judgement of a court — see also judgment, verdict
  • Korean: 선고 (seon'go) — (dated) decision or judgement of a court — see also judgment, verdict
  • Kyrgyz: өкүм (öküm) — (dated) decision or judgement of a court — see also judgment, verdict
  • Lao: ການຕັດສິນ (kān tat sin) — (dated) decision or judgement of a court — see also judgment, verdict
  • Latvian: spriedums — (dated) decision or judgement of a court — see also judgment, verdict
  • Lithuanian: nuosprendis — (dated) decision or judgement of a court — see also judgment, verdict
  • Macedonian: пресуда (presuda) — (dated) decision or judgement of a court — see also judgment, verdict
  • Malayalam: വിധി (vidhi) — (dated) decision or judgement of a court — see also judgment, verdict
  • Norman: condamnâtion — (dated) decision or judgement of a court — see also judgment, verdict
  • Norwegian Bokmål: domsslutning — (dated) decision or judgement of a court — see also judgment, verdict
  • Norwegian Bokmål: dom — (dated) decision or judgement of a court — see also judgment, verdict
  • Pashto: حکم (hokm) — (dated) decision or judgement of a court — see also judgment, verdict
  • Pashto: فيصله (faysala) — (dated) decision or judgement of a court — see also judgment, verdict
  • Persian: حُکْم (hukm) — (dated) decision or judgement of a court — see also judgment, verdict
  • Persian: فَیْصَلَه (faysala) — (dated) decision or judgement of a court — see also judgment, verdict
  • Iranian Persian: حُکْم (hokm) — (dated) decision or judgement of a court — see also judgment, verdict
  • Iranian Persian: فِیْصِلِه (feysele) — (dated) decision or judgement of a court — see also judgment, verdict
  • Polish: wyrok — (dated) decision or judgement of a court — see also judgment, verdict
  • Polish: orzeczenie — (dated) decision or judgement of a court — see also judgment, verdict
  • Portuguese: sentença — (dated) decision or judgement of a court — see also judgment, verdict
  • Romanian: sentință — (dated) decision or judgement of a court — see also judgment, verdict
  • Romanian: verdict — (dated) decision or judgement of a court — see also judgment, verdict
  • Russian: пригово́р (prigovór) — (dated) decision or judgement of a court — see also judgment, verdict
  • Scottish Gaelic: binn — (dated) decision or judgement of a court — see also judgment, verdict
  • Scottish Gaelic: breith — (dated) decision or judgement of a court — see also judgment, verdict
  • Serbo-Croatian: пре̏суда — (dated) decision or judgement of a court — see also judgment, verdict
  • Serbo-Croatian: prȅsuda — (dated) decision or judgement of a court — see also judgment, verdict
  • Slovak: rozsudok — (dated) decision or judgement of a court — see also judgment, verdict
  • Slovene: sodba — (dated) decision or judgement of a court — see also judgment, verdict
  • Slovene: razsodba — (dated) decision or judgement of a court — see also judgment, verdict
  • Spanish: sentencia — (dated) decision or judgement of a court — see also judgment, verdict
  • Spanish: fazaña — (dated) decision or judgement of a court — see also judgment, verdict
  • Swahili: kifungo — (dated) decision or judgement of a court — see also judgment, verdict
  • Swedish: dom — (dated) decision or judgement of a court — see also judgment, verdict
  • Tagalog: desisyon — (dated) decision or judgement of a court — see also judgment, verdict
  • Tagalog: hatol — (dated) decision or judgement of a court — see also judgment, verdict
  • Tagalog: pasiya — (dated) decision or judgement of a court — see also judgment, verdict
  • Tagalog: sentensya — (dated) decision or judgement of a court — see also judgment, verdict
  • Tajik: ҳукм (hukm) — (dated) decision or judgement of a court — see also judgment, verdict
  • Tatar: хөкем (xökem) — (dated) decision or judgement of a court — see also judgment, verdict
  • Thai: คําพิพากษา (kam-pí-pâak-sǎa) — (dated) decision or judgement of a court — see also judgment, verdict
  • Turkish: hüküm — (dated) decision or judgement of a court — see also judgment, verdict
  • Turkmen: höküm — (dated) decision or judgement of a court — see also judgment, verdict
  • Ukrainian: ви́рок (výrok) — (dated) decision or judgement of a court — see also judgment, verdict
  • Ukrainian: при́суд (prýsud) — (dated) decision or judgement of a court — see also judgment, verdict
  • Ukrainian: при́говор (prýhovor) — (dated) decision or judgement of a court — see also judgment, verdict
  • Urdu: حُکْم (hukm) — (dated) decision or judgement of a court — see also judgment, verdict
  • Urdu: فَیصْلَہ (faisla) — (dated) decision or judgement of a court — see also judgment, verdict
  • Urdu: سَزا (sazā) — (dated) decision or judgement of a court — see also judgment, verdict
  • Uyghur: ھۆكۈم (höküm) — (dated) decision or judgement of a court — see also judgment, verdict
  • Uzbek: hukm — (dated) decision or judgement of a court — see also judgment, verdict
  • Vietnamese: bản án — (dated) decision or judgement of a court — see also judgment, verdict
  • Arabic: حُكْم (ḥukm) — judicial order for punishment
  • Azerbaijani: hökm — judicial order for punishment
  • Azerbaijani: qərar — judicial order for punishment
  • Belarusian: асуджэ́нне (asudžénnje) — judicial order for punishment
  • Bulgarian: осъ́ждане (osǎ́ždane) — judicial order for punishment
  • Catalan: sentència — judicial order for punishment
  • Cebuano: sentensya — judicial order for punishment
  • Crimean Tatar: üküm — judicial order for punishment
  • Czech: odsouzení — judicial order for punishment
  • Danish: dom — judicial order for punishment
  • Dutch: veroordeling — judicial order for punishment
  • Estonian: süüdimõistmine — judicial order for punishment
  • Finnish: tuomio — judicial order for punishment
  • Georgian: განაჩენი (ganačeni) — judicial order for punishment
  • German: Verurteilung — judicial order for punishment
  • German: Schuldspruch — judicial order for punishment
  • Greek: καταδίκη (katadíki) — judicial order for punishment
  • Ancient Greek: καταδίκη (katadíkē) — judicial order for punishment
  • Hungarian: ítélet — judicial order for punishment
  • Indonesian: vonis — judicial order for punishment
  • Interlingua: condemnation — judicial order for punishment
  • Kazakh: үкім (ükım) — judicial order for punishment
  • Kyrgyz: өкүм (öküm) — judicial order for punishment
  • Latin: sententia — judicial order for punishment
  • Macedonian: осуда (osuda) — judicial order for punishment
  • Malay: hukuman — judicial order for punishment
  • Norwegian Bokmål: dom — judicial order for punishment
  • Old English: dōm — judicial order for punishment
  • Pashto: حکم (hokm) — judicial order for punishment
  • Persian: حُکْم (hukm) — judicial order for punishment
  • Iranian Persian: حُکْم (hokm) — judicial order for punishment
  • Polish: wyrok — judicial order for punishment
  • Portuguese: condenação — judicial order for punishment
  • Romanian: condamnare — judicial order for punishment
  • Russian: осужде́ние (osuždénije) — judicial order for punishment
  • Scottish Gaelic: binn — judicial order for punishment
  • Serbo-Croatian: о̏суда — judicial order for punishment
  • Serbo-Croatian: ȍsuda — judicial order for punishment
  • Slovene: obsodba — judicial order for punishment
  • Spanish: sentencia — judicial order for punishment
  • Spanish: condena — judicial order for punishment
  • Spanish: fazaña — judicial order for punishment
  • Swedish: dom — judicial order for punishment
  • Tagalog: parusa — judicial order for punishment
  • Tajik: ҳукм (hukm) — judicial order for punishment
  • Turkish: hüküm — judicial order for punishment
  • Turkish: yargı — judicial order for punishment
  • Turkish: karar — judicial order for punishment
  • Ukrainian: ви́рок (výrok) — judicial order for punishment
  • Ukrainian: при́суд (prýsud) — judicial order for punishment
  • Ukrainian: осу́дження (osúdžennja) — judicial order for punishment
  • Uyghur: ھۆكۈم (höküm) — judicial order for punishment
  • Uzbek: hukm — judicial order for punishment
  • Welsh: dedfryd — judicial order for punishment
  • Belarusian: вы́рак (výrak) — punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime — see also punishment
  • Belarusian: ка́ра (kára) — punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime — see also punishment
  • Bulgarian: присъ́да (prisǎ́da) — punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime — see also punishment
  • Catalan: sentència — punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime — see also punishment
  • Cebuano: sentensya — punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime — see also punishment
  • Czech: rozsudek — punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime — see also punishment
  • Czech: trest — punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime — see also punishment
  • Danish: straf — punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime — see also punishment
  • Dutch: straf — punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime — see also punishment
  • Esperanto: kondamno — punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime — see also punishment
  • Finnish: tuomio — punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime — see also punishment
  • Finnish: rangaistus — punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime — see also punishment
  • French: peine — punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime — see also punishment
  • French: sentence — punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime — see also punishment
  • Georgian: სასჯელი (sasǯeli) — punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime — see also punishment
  • German: Strafe — punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime — see also punishment
  • Hindi: दंड (daṇḍ) — punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime — see also punishment
  • Hindi: सज़ा (sazā) — punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime — see also punishment
  • Hungarian: büntetés — punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime — see also punishment
  • Ilocano: sentensia — punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime — see also punishment
  • Interlingua: pena — punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime — see also punishment
  • Italian: pena — punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime — see also punishment
  • Italian: sentenza — punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime — see also punishment
  • Japanese: 判決 (hanketsu) — punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime — see also punishment
  • Kazakh: үкім (ükım) — punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime — see also punishment
  • Khmer: ទណ្ឌវាទ (tŏəndĕəʼviət) — punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime — see also punishment
  • Korean: 판결 (pan'gyeol) — punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime — see also punishment
  • Kyrgyz: өкүм (öküm) — punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime — see also punishment
  • Macedonian: пресуда (presuda) — punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime — see also punishment
  • Malayalam: ശിക്ഷ (śikṣa) — punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime — see also punishment
  • Māori: whiunga — punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime — see also punishment
  • Mongolian: шийтгэл (šiitgel) — punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime — see also punishment
  • Mongolian: ял (jal) — punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime — see also punishment
  • Norwegian Bokmål: straff — punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime — see also punishment
  • Pangasinan: sentensia — punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime — see also punishment
  • Iranian Persian: مُجازات (mojâzât) — punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime — see also punishment
  • Iranian Persian: جَزا (jazâ) — punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime — see also punishment
  • Iranian Persian: حُکْم (hokm) — punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime — see also punishment
  • Polish: wyrok — punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime — see also punishment
  • Portuguese: pena — punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime — see also punishment
  • Portuguese: sentença — punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime — see also punishment
  • Romanian: sentință — punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime — see also punishment
  • Russian: наказа́ние (nakazánije) — punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime — see also punishment
  • Scottish Gaelic: binn — punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime — see also punishment
  • Scottish Gaelic: peanas — punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime — see also punishment
  • Serbo-Croatian: о̏суда — punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime — see also punishment
  • Serbo-Croatian: ȍsuda — punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime — see also punishment
  • Slovak: rozsudok — punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime — see also punishment
  • Slovene: kazen — punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime — see also punishment
  • Spanish: sentencia — punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime — see also punishment
  • Spanish: punición — punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime — see also punishment
  • Spanish: condena — punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime — see also punishment
  • Spanish: pena — punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime — see also punishment
  • Swedish: straff — punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime — see also punishment
  • Tajik: муҷозот (mujozot) — punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime — see also punishment
  • Tajik: ҷазо (jazo) — punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime — see also punishment
  • Tajik: ҳукм (hukm) — punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime — see also punishment
  • Telugu: శిక్ష (śikṣa) — punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime — see also punishment
  • Turkish: hüküm — punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime — see also punishment
  • Turkish: ceza — punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime — see also punishment
  • Ukrainian: ви́рок (výrok) — punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime — see also punishment
  • Ukrainian: ка́ра (kára) — punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime — see also punishment
  • Urdu: سَزا (sazā) — punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime — see also punishment
  • Vietnamese: án — punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime — see also punishment
  • Bulgarian: сенте́нция (senténcija) — saying, especially from a great person
  • Danish: sentens — saying, especially from a great person
  • Finnish: sanonta — saying, especially from a great person
  • Latin: sententia — saying, especially from a great person
  • Persian: گُفْتَه (gufta) — saying, especially from a great person
  • Iranian Persian: گُفْتِه (gofte) — saying, especially from a great person
  • Russian: сенте́нция (sentɛ́ncija) — saying, especially from a great person
  • Russian: изрече́ние (izrečénije) — saying, especially from a great person
  • Slovene: sentenca — saying, especially from a great person
  • Slovene: izrek — saying, especially from a great person
  • Turkish: vecize — saying, especially from a great person
  • Afrikaans: sin — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Albanian: fjali — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Southern Altai: эрмек (ermek) — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Amharic: ዓረፍተ ነገር (ʿaräftä nägär) — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Arabic: جُمْلَة (jumla) — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Arabic: جملة (gumla) — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Armenian: նախադասություն (naxadasutʻyun) — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Asturian: fras — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Asturian: frase — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Azerbaijani: cümlə — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Balinese: lengkara — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Bashkir: һөйләм (höyləm) — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Basque: esaldi — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Basque: perpaus — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Belarusian: сказ (skaz) — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Belarusian: фра́за (fráza) — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Bengali: বাক্য (bakko) — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Central Bikol: pangurulay — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Breton: frazenn — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Bulgarian: изрече́ние (izrečénie) — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Bulgarian: фра́за (fráza) — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Burmese: ဝါကျ (wa-kya.) — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Catalan: frase — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Catalan: sentència — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Catalan: oració — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Cebuano: kapahayag — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Chichewa: chiganizo — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Chinese Cantonese: 句子 (geoi3 zi2) — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Chinese: дуар (duar) — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Chinese: 語句 /语句 (gír-kù / gú-kù / gí-kù) — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Chinese Mandarin: 句子 (jùzi) — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Chinese Mandarin: 語句 /语句 (yǔjù) — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Czech: věta — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Czech: sentence — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Danish: sætning — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Central Dusun: ayat — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Dutch: zin — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Dutch: volzin — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Esperanto: frazo — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Estonian: lause — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Finnish: virke — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Finnish: lause — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • French: phrase — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Georgian: წინადადება (c̣inadadeba) — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • German: Satz — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Greek: πρόταση (prótasi) — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Hebrew: מִשְׁפָּט (mishpat) — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Hindi: वाक्य (vākya) — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Hungarian: mondat — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Icelandic: setning — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Icelandic: málsgrein — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Indonesian: kalimat — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Ingrian: sanomus — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Interlingua: phrase — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Irish: abairt — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Italian: frase — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Japanese: 文 (bun) — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Japanese: 文章 (bunshō) — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Japanese: センテンス (sentensu) — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Javanese: ꦲꦸꦏꦫ (ukara) — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Javanese: ukara — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Kalmyk: зәңг (zäñg) — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Kannada: ವಾಕ್ಯ (vākya) — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Kazakh: сөйлем (söilem) — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Kazakh: ұсыным (ūsynym) — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Khmer: ល្បះ (lbah) — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Khmer: ប្រយោគ (prɑɑyook) — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Khmer: ឃ្លា (khliə) — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Korean: 문장 (munjang) — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Korean: 센텐스 (sentenseu) — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Kumyk: жумла (jumla) — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Northern Kurdish: hevok — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Northern Kurdish: cumle — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Kyrgyz: сүйлөм (süylöm) — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Ladino: fraza — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Lao: ປະໂຫຍກ (pa hōik) — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Latin: sententia — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Latvian: teikums — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Lithuanian: sakinys — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Luxembourgish: Saz — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Macedonian: реченица (rečenica) — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Malay: ayat — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Malay: kalimat — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Malayalam: വാക്യം (vākyaṁ) — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Maltese: sentenza — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Māori: haurārangi — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Māori: rerenga kōrero — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Marathi: वाक्य (vākya) — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Mauritian Creole: fraz — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Mongolian: өгүүлбэр (ögüülber) — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Mongolian: ᠥᠭᠦᠯᠡᠪᠦᠷᠢ (ögülebüri) — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Norwegian Bokmål: setning — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Old Church Slavonic: реченьѥ (rečenĭje) — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Old English: cwide — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Pannonian Rusyn: виреченє (virečenje) — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Pashto: جمله (jomla) — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Persian: جُمْلَه (jumla) — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Iranian Persian: جُمْلِه (jomle) — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Polish: zdanie — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Portuguese: frase — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Portuguese: período — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Portuguese: sentença — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Rapa Nui: kupu vānaŋa — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Romanian: propoziție — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Romanian: frază — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Russian: предложе́ние (predložénije) — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Russian: фра́за (fráza) — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Sanskrit: वाक्य (vākya) — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Scottish Gaelic: rosg-rann — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Scottish Gaelic: seantans — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Serbo-Croatian: речѐница — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Serbo-Croatian: rečènica — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Sikkimese: བརྗོད་པོ (brjod po) — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Sinhalese: වාක්යය (wākyaya) — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Slovak: veta — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Slovene: stavek — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Slovene: poved — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Spanish: oración — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Swahili: sentensi — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Swedish: mening — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Swedish: fras — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Swedish: sättning — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Tagalog: pangungusap — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Tajik: ҷумла (jumla) — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Tatar: җөмлә (cömlä) — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Telugu: వాక్యము (vākyamu) — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Thai: ประโยค (bprà-yòok) — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Tibetan: ཙིག་གྲུབ — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Turkish: cümle — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Turkish: tümce — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Ottoman Turkish: جمله (cümle) — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Turkmen: sözlem — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Turkmen: höküm — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Turkmen: jümle — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Ukrainian: ре́чення (réčennja) — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Ukrainian: фра́за (fráza) — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Urdu: جُمْلَہ (jumla) — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Uyghur: جۈملە (jümle) — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Uzbek: jumla — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Uzbek: gap — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Vietnamese: câu — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Welsh: brawddeg — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Yiddish: זאַץ (zats) — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Zhuang: coenz — grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate
  • Czech: sentence — logic: formula with no free variables
  • Finnish: lause — logic: formula with no free variables
  • Romanian: sentință — logic: formula with no free variables
  • Finnish: lause — computing: string that can be generated by a given formal grammar
  • Bulgarian: мне́ние (mnénie) — (rare) someone's pronounced opinion or judgement on a given question
  • Finnish: lausunto — (rare) someone's pronounced opinion or judgement on a given question
  • Iranian Persian: قِضاوَت (ġezâvat) — (rare) someone's pronounced opinion or judgement on a given question
  • Romanian: sentință — (rare) someone's pronounced opinion or judgement on a given question
  • Romanian: opinie — (rare) someone's pronounced opinion or judgement on a given question
  • Russian: выска́зывание (vyskázyvanije) — (rare) someone's pronounced opinion or judgement on a given question
  • Russian: мне́ние (mnénije) — (rare) someone's pronounced opinion or judgement on a given question
  • Turkish: hüküm — (rare) someone's pronounced opinion or judgement on a given question
  • Turkish: ahkâm — (rare) someone's pronounced opinion or judgement on a given question
  • Arabic: حَكَمَ (ḥakama) — declare a sentence on a convicted person
  • Arabic: أَدَانَ (ʔadāna) — declare a sentence on a convicted person
  • Armenian: դատապարտել (datapartel) — declare a sentence on a convicted person
  • Azerbaijani: məhkum etmək — declare a sentence on a convicted person
  • Belarusian: прыгаво́рваць (pryhavórvacʹ) — declare a sentence on a convicted person
  • Belarusian: прыгавары́ць (pryhavarýcʹ) — declare a sentence on a convicted person
  • Belarusian: прысу́джваць (prysúdžvacʹ) — declare a sentence on a convicted person
  • Belarusian: прысудзі́ць (prysudzícʹ) — declare a sentence on a convicted person
  • Bulgarian: осъ́ждам (osǎ́ždam) — declare a sentence on a convicted person
  • Bulgarian: осъ́дя (osǎ́dja) — declare a sentence on a convicted person
  • Catalan: sentenciar — declare a sentence on a convicted person
  • Chinese Mandarin: 判處 /判处 (pànchǔ) — declare a sentence on a convicted person
  • Czech: odsuzovat — declare a sentence on a convicted person
  • Czech: odsoudit — declare a sentence on a convicted person
  • Danish: dømme — declare a sentence on a convicted person
  • Dutch: veroordelen — declare a sentence on a convicted person
  • Dutch: straffen — declare a sentence on a convicted person
  • Esperanto: kondamni — declare a sentence on a convicted person
  • Estonian: mõistma — declare a sentence on a convicted person
  • Finnish: tuomita — declare a sentence on a convicted person
  • French: punir — declare a sentence on a convicted person
  • French: condamner — declare a sentence on a convicted person
  • German: verurteilen — declare a sentence on a convicted person
  • Hungarian: elítél — declare a sentence on a convicted person
  • Indonesian: menyatakan bersalah — declare a sentence on a convicted person
  • Interlingua: sententiar — declare a sentence on a convicted person
  • Irish: daor — declare a sentence on a convicted person
  • Italian: condannare — declare a sentence on a convicted person
  • Japanese: 判決を下す (hanketsu o kudasu) — declare a sentence on a convicted person
  • Japanese: 宣告する (senkoku suru) — declare a sentence on a convicted person
  • Korean: 선고하다 (seon'gohada) — declare a sentence on a convicted person
  • Latin: addīcō — declare a sentence on a convicted person
  • Macedonian: пресудува (presuduva) — declare a sentence on a convicted person
  • Macedonian: пресуди (presudi) — declare a sentence on a convicted person
  • Macedonian: досудува (dosuduva) — declare a sentence on a convicted person
  • Macedonian: досуди (dosudi) — declare a sentence on a convicted person
  • Macedonian: осудува (osuduva) — declare a sentence on a convicted person
  • Macedonian: осуди (osudi) — declare a sentence on a convicted person
  • Marathi: शिक्षा सुनावणे (śikṣā sunāvṇe) — declare a sentence on a convicted person
  • Mizo: chung thu rêl — declare a sentence on a convicted person
  • Norman: condamner — declare a sentence on a convicted person
  • Norwegian Bokmål: dømme — declare a sentence on a convicted person
  • Old English: dēman — declare a sentence on a convicted person
  • Persian: محکوم کردن (mahkum kardan) — declare a sentence on a convicted person
  • Polish: skazywać — declare a sentence on a convicted person
  • Polish: skazać — declare a sentence on a convicted person
  • Portuguese: sentenciar — declare a sentence on a convicted person
  • Romanian: condamna — declare a sentence on a convicted person
  • Russian: пригова́ривать (prigovárivatʹ) — declare a sentence on a convicted person
  • Russian: приговори́ть (prigovorítʹ) — declare a sentence on a convicted person
  • Russian: осужда́ть (osuždátʹ) — declare a sentence on a convicted person
  • Russian: осуди́ть (osudítʹ) — declare a sentence on a convicted person
  • Scottish Gaelic: daor — declare a sentence on a convicted person
  • Serbo-Croatian: пресуђи́вати — declare a sentence on a convicted person
  • Serbo-Croatian: пресу́дити — declare a sentence on a convicted person
  • Serbo-Croatian: осуђи́вати — declare a sentence on a convicted person
  • Serbo-Croatian: осу́дити — declare a sentence on a convicted person
  • Serbo-Croatian: presuđívati — declare a sentence on a convicted person
  • Serbo-Croatian: presúditi — declare a sentence on a convicted person
  • Serbo-Croatian: osuđívati — declare a sentence on a convicted person
  • Serbo-Croatian: osúditi — declare a sentence on a convicted person
  • Slovak: odsudzovať — declare a sentence on a convicted person
  • Slovak: odsúdiť — declare a sentence on a convicted person
  • Slovene: obsoditi — declare a sentence on a convicted person
  • Spanish: sentenciar — declare a sentence on a convicted person
  • Spanish: condenar — declare a sentence on a convicted person
  • Swahili: kifungo — declare a sentence on a convicted person
  • Swedish: avkunna dom — declare a sentence on a convicted person
  • Swedish: döma — declare a sentence on a convicted person
  • Thai: พิพากษา (pí-pâak-sǎa) — declare a sentence on a convicted person
  • Turkish: hüküm vermek — declare a sentence on a convicted person
  • Turkish: hüküm giydirmek — declare a sentence on a convicted person
  • Turkish: mahkum etmek — declare a sentence on a convicted person
  • Ukrainian: засу́джувати (zasúdžuvaty) — declare a sentence on a convicted person
  • Ukrainian: засуди́ти (zasudýty) — declare a sentence on a convicted person
  • Ukrainian: прису́джувати (prysúdžuvaty) — declare a sentence on a convicted person
  • Ukrainian: присуди́ти (prysudýty) — declare a sentence on a convicted person
  • Welsh: dedfrydu — declare a sentence on a convicted person
  • Yiddish: פֿאַרמשפּטן (farmishpetn) — declare a sentence on a convicted person
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