1. (

• sentence

) a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language; "he always spoke in grammatical sentences" ;

2. (

• 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" ;

3. (

• 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" ;

1. (

• sentence ,
• condemn ,
• doom

) pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law; "He was condemned to ten years in prison" ;