Betekenis van sentence In het Nederlands

• 0 a group of words, usually containing a verb, that expresses a thought in the form of a statement, question, instruction, or exclamation and starts with a capital letter when written:

  • He's very impatient and always interrupts me mid-sentence.

  • Your conclusion is good, but the final sentence is too long and complicated.

• 1 a punishment given by a judge in court to a person or organization after they have been found guilty of doing something wrong:

  • He got a heavy/light sentence (= he was severely/not severely punished).

  • The offence carries a jail/prison/life/five-year sentence.

  • He was given a non-custodial/suspended sentence.

  • The judge will pronounce sentence on the defendant this afternoon.

• 2 to decide and say officially what a punishment will be:

  • He was sentenced to life imprisonment.

• 3 a group of words, usually containing a subject and a verb, expressing a statement, question, instruction, or exclamation, and, when written, starting with a capital letter and ending with a period or other mark:

  • Your sentences are too long and complicated.

• 4 a punishment given by a law court to a person or organization that is guilty of a crime:

  • She served a three-year prison sentence.

• 5 to officially state the punishment given by a law court to a guilty person or organization:

  • He was sentenced to three years in jail and fined $40,000.