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{
"term": "sentence",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a set of words expressing a statement, a question or an order, usually containing a subject and a verb. In written English sentences begin with a capital letter and end with a full stop/period (.), a question mark (?) or an exclamation mark (!).",
"labels": "(grammar)",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Does the sentence contain an adverb?"
},
{
"text": "I was too stunned to **finish my sentence**."
},
{
"text": "There are mistakes in grammar, sentence structure and punctuation."
},
{
"text": "Let's take that paragraph apart sentence by sentence."
},
{
"text": "Complete the following sentence: ‘I love dictionaries because…’."
},
{
"text": "Cooke was so nervous he could barely string a sentence together."
},
{
"text": "He can barely form a grammatical sentence."
},
{
"text": "He tells her not to end her sentences with prepositions."
},
{
"text": "I kept reading the same sentence over and over again."
},
{
"text": "Peter finished Jane's sentence for her."
},
{
"text": "The argument can be distilled into a single sentence."
},
{
"text": "Troy uttered one last sentence."
},
{
"text": "Try to keep your sentences short."
},
{
"text": "the opening sentence of the novel"
}
],
"topics": ["Language"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["long", "short", "complete"],
"verb + sentence": ["begin", "finish", "complete"],
"sentence + verb": ["contain something", "have something"],
"sentence + noun": ["structure"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "the punishment given by a court",
"sensetop": "sentence of somethingsentence for somethingunder sentence (of something)",
"labels": "(especially North American English)(especially US English)(especially North American English)(British English)(North American English)",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a **jail/prison sentence**"
},
{
"text": "a **custodial sentence**"
},
{
"text": "a harsh/stiff/heavy/lengthy sentence"
},
{
"text": "a light/lenient sentence"
},
{
"text": "The court will **impose** an appropriate **sentence**."
},
{
"text": "The judge **passed sentence** *(= said what the punishment would be)*."
},
{
"text": "The prisoner has **served** *(= completed)* **his sentence** and will be released tomorrow."
},
{
"text": "a **maximum/minimum sentence** of five years",
"contextForm": "sentence of something"
},
{
"text": "a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment"
},
{
"text": "The charges **carry a sentence** of up to ten years."
},
{
"text": "She could **face a sentence** of between seven and ten years in jail."
},
{
"text": "He **received** an 18-year **sentence** for attempted murder.",
"contextForm": "sentence for something"
},
{
"text": "to be under sentence of death",
"contextForm": "under sentence (of something)"
},
{
"text": "He spent a week in custody awaiting sentence."
},
{
"text": "He turned state's evidence in return for a reduced sentence."
},
{
"text": "She could face a long prison sentence."
},
{
"text": "The US Supreme Court recently upheld both of these sentences."
},
{
"text": "The judge imposed the mandatory sentence for murder."
},
{
"text": "The offence carries a maximum sentence of two years in prison."
},
{
"text": "an eight-year sentence for burglary"
},
{
"text": "ex-felons who have completed their sentences"
}
],
"topics": ["Crime and punishment", "Law and justice"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["maximum", "minimum", "average"],
"verb + sentence": ["hand down", "impose", "pass"],
"preposition": ["sentence for"],
"phrases": ["under sentence of death"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈsentəns/",
"audio": "se/sentence/sentence__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈsentəns/",
"audio": "se/sentence/sentence__us_2.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English (in the senses ‘way of thinking, opinion’, ‘court's declaration of punishment’, and ‘gist (of a piece of writing)’): via Old French from Latin sententia ‘opinion’, from sentire ‘feel, be of the opinion’."
}