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Main Entry: 1sen·tence
Pronunciation: sent-n(t)s, -nz
Function: noun 1 a: JUDGMENT 2; especially: one pronounced by a court in a criminal proceeding and specifying the punishment b: the punishment set by a court 2 a: a grammatically self-contained group of words that expresses a statement, a question, a command, a wish, or an exclamation b: a mathematical or logical statement (as an equation) in words or symbols - sen·ten·tial /sen-ten-chl/ adjective