- sentence - a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language; "he always spoke in grammatical sentences"
--1 is a kind of string of words, word string, linguistic string
--1 has parts: constituent, grammatical constituent; clause
--1 has particulars:simple sentence; complex sentence; compound sentence; declarative sentence, declaratory sentence; run-on sentence; topic sentence; question, interrogation, interrogative, interrogative sentence - conviction, judgment of conviction, condemnation, sentence - (criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed; "the conviction came as no surprise"
--2 is a kind of final judgment, final decision
--2 has particulars: murder conviction; rape conviction; robbery convictionDerived form: verb sentence1 - prison term, sentence, time - the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned; "he served a prison term of 15 months"; "his sentence was 5 to 10 years"; "he is doing time in the county jail"
--3 is a kind of term
--3 has particulars: hard time; life sentence, lifeDerived form: verb sentence1 - conviction, judgment of conviction, condemnation, sentence - (criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed; "the conviction came as no surprise"