Thursday 17 April 2014

Sentence



SENTENCE

-noun
1. a sequence of words capable of standing alone to make an assertion, ask a question, or give a command, usually consisting of a subject and a predicate containing a finite verb
2. the judgment formally pronounced upon a person convicted in criminal proceedings, especially the decision as to what punishment is to be imposed
3. an opinion, judgment, or decision
4. (music) also called period . a passage or division of a piece of music, usually consisting of two or more contrasting or complementary musical phrases and ending on a cadence
5. any short passage of scripture employed in liturgical use
6. (logic) a well-formed expression, without variables
7. (archaic) a proverb, maxim, or aphorism
-verb
8. (trans.) to pronounce sentence on (a convicted person) in a court of law

























Going up
Or down
With each word
Or idea
Until
A sentence
Is reached
 



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