SENTENCE


Meaning of SENTENCE in English

I

n.

judgment of a court

1) to impose, pass, pronounce (a) ~

2) to carry out, execute a ~

3) to serve (out) a ~

4) to commute; reduce; suspend; vacate a ~

5) a harsh, severe, stiff; light ~

6) a death; indefinite, indeterminate; life; prison; suspended ~

7) under ~

8) ( misc. ) to get off with a light ~

independent group of words

9) to form, formulate, make up; generate a ~

10) an affirmative; complex; compound; declarative; elliptical; embedded; exclamatory; impersonal; interrogative; negative; simple ~

II

v. ( D ; tr. ) to ~ for; to (the judge ~d him to five years for theft; the convicted murderer was ~d to death)

The Bbi combinatory dictionary of English, a guide to word combinations.      Комбинаторный словарь английского языка Bbi. Руководство по словосочетаниям.