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