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"SENTENCES" is a plural of: sentence. |
Date "SENTENCES" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Sentences (3 syl.). The four books of Sentences, by Pierre Lombard, the foundation of scholastic theology of the middle period. (See Schoolmen .) Master of the Sentences. Pierre Lombard, schoolman. (Died 1164.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Stammering | Noun: inarticulateness; stammering; Verb: hesitation; Verb: impediment in one's speech; titubancy, traulism; whisper; (faint sound); lisp, drawl, tardiloquence; nasal tone, nasal accent; twang; falsetto; (want of voice); broken voice, broken accents, broken sentences. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | I'm not crazy about complete sentences. (The Player; writing credit: Michael Tolkin) I wish you'd learn to finish your sentences, Katherine, you're getting worse and worse. (A Room with a View; writing credit: Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. based on the novel by E.M. Forster.) Top to bottom, left to right, group words to form sentences. (Tommy Boy; writing credit: Terry Turner, Bonnie Turner, Fred Wolf) After lengthy femputations, I, Femputer, have decided the fate of the men. Femputer sentences them to death (Futurama; writing credit: Lance Smith; Carl Colpaert) How many more two-word sentences can you come up with? (Gilmore Girls; writing credit: Povl Erik Carstensen; Sebastian Dorset) | |
Lyrics | Broadcastin from the slums, that's why I'm writin these sentences (Po' Folks; performing artist: Nappy Roots) | |
Clever | Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience. (references; author: unknown) How to act insane: Finish all your sentences with "in accordance with the prophecy. (references; author: unknown) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | "During the many long weeks of healing the patients must use wheelchairs and crutches until they learn how to walk with a synthetic limb. Shown is PFC Charles Moody of Institute, West Virginia, who was injured near Taegu, Korea, while serving with the First Cavalry Division." Photograph was probably taken at Walter Reed Army Hospital, Washington, DC. Quoted sentences are from the original caption, released with the photo on 1 February 1951. Credit: NAVY. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Denis Diderot | Sentences are like sharp nails, which force truth upon our memories. |
| Pithy sentences are like sharp nails which force truth upon our memory. | |
Friedrich Nietzsche | It is my ambition to say in ten sentences; what others say in a whole book. |
Jules Renard | Words are the coins making up the currency of sentences, and there are always too many small coins. |
Miguel De Cervantes | Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience. |
| I believe there's no proverb but what is true; they are all so many sentences and maxims drawn from experience, the universal mother of sciences. | |
Oscar Wilde | All trials are trials for one's life, just as all sentences are sentences of death. |
Ralph Waldo Emerson | We are too civil to books. For a few golden sentences we will turn over and actually read a volume of four or five hundred pages. |
Samuel Johnson | In all pointed sentences, some degree of accuracy must be sacrificed to conciseness. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | The papers in regard to the cases in which such sentences have been given shall be returned to the Courts of Alsace-Lorraine concerned. (reference) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | What are oftenest heard are sentences pronounced in advance. |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | They were like poetry but they were only sentences to learn the spelling from. |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | I likewise made a shift to learn several short sentences. |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | Also, our sentences wanted room to unfold and form their columns in the interval. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Uses 2-3 word sentences to talk about and ask for things. (references) | |
Simplify language by using short, uncomplicated sentences. (references) | ||
Rephrase your statement into shorter, simpler sentences if it appears you are not being understood. (references) | ||
Business | Copyright violators receive jail sentences and fines. (references) | |
Other prisoners were released in 1997 upon completion of their sentences, including Zhang Lin and Bao Ge. (references) | ||
Other judges face investigations for the lenient sentences they handed down in specific cases of serious crimes. (references) | ||
Children | Honduras | It established prison sentences of up to 3 years for persons convicted of child abuse. (references) |
Austria | Sex between a male ages 14 to 18 and an adult male are punishable with sentences ranging from 6 months to 5 years. (references) | |
Kenya | Men convicted of rape normally receive prison sentences of between 5 and 20 years, plus several strokes of the cane. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Iran | After 6 days in prison, they were released with suspended sentences of 5 years. (references) |
Egypt | Appeals courts also reduced the sentences of several journalists during the year. (references) | |
Benin | At year's end, none of these 1999 sentences had been imposed and appeals remained pending. (references) | |
Economic History | Japan | Those prosecuted have generally received suspended sentences. (references) |
Nigeria | After a secret tribunal, most of the accused were convicted, and several death sentences were handed down. (references) | |
Venezuela | A major difference is that the CEL permits the court system to impose prison sentences for violations of the law. (references) | |
Human Rights | Korea | Death sentences are appealed automatically. (references) |
Lebanon | No similar sentences were issued during the year. (references) | |
Bangladesh | If their sentences are upheld, they may be hanged. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Denmark | Accordingly it provides for the use of lay persons as judges and sentences most prisoners to holding centers (rather than to prisons) where they are encouraged to work, hunt, or fish during the day. (references) |
Minorities | Germany | The 24-year-old and one of the juveniles have appealed their sentences, and the case continued at year's end. (references) |
Romania | The victims appealed to the European Court of Justice, arguing that the sentences were too light at 2 to 6 years. (references) | |
Political Economy | Sudan | These sentences had not been carried out by year's end. (references) |
Nigeria | Two amputation sentences were carried out during the year. (references) | |
Nigeria | No sentences for stoning were carried out during the year. (references) | |
Political Rights | Turkey | In July a similar case was adjudicated by the Court, concerning former "Re-birth" party leader Hasan Celal Guzel, who had also been convicted under Article 312. The Court allowed Guzel to resume political activities by ruling that the December 2000 Conditional Suspension of Sentences Law effectively released him from a previous political ban. (references) |
Travel | Nepal | Convicted offenders can expect jail sentences and fines. (references) |
Uk | UK penalties for drunk driving are stiff and often result in prison sentences. (references) | |
Women | Mexico | A total of 64 cases were closed after sentences were passed. (references) |
Bangladesh | Sentences are commensurate with the extent of the victim's burns. (references) | |
Bhutan | In cases of rape involving minors, sentences range from 5 to 17 years. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Guatemala | Prison sentences for traffickers are commutable. (references) |
Greece | Fines and sentences for traffickers are minimal. (references) | |
Denmark | They received jail sentences of between 1 and 3 years. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
George Washington | 1789-1797 | You will consider in your wisdom whether improvements in that system may yet be made, and particularly whether an uniform process of execution on sentences issuing from the Federal courts be not desirable through all the States. |
Gerald Ford | 1974-1977 | I recommended months ago that the Congress enact mandatory fixed sentences for persons convicted of Federal crimes involving the sale of hard drugs. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | Already our efforts to crack down on career criminals, organized crime, drug-pushers, and to enforce tougher sentences and paroles are having effect. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "SENTENCES" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "SENTENCES" is used about 2,851 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 100% | 2,851 | 3,246 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "SENTENCES": broken sentences ♦ generation of single sentences. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "SENTENCES": sentences-in-contexts, sentences-on-the-page, sentences-with. | |
Ending with "SENTENCES": half-sentences, system-sentences. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "SENTENCES"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Breton | lavarennoù. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 詞句 (words and sentences). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | øvelsessætninger (practice sentences). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | Directie TBR en Reclassering (Probation and After-care Department, Special Sentences, TBR Department (for short)). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | harjoituslauseita (practice sentences). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Flemish | zinnen (phrases). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | phrases. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Galician | frases. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Sätze (records), Sentenzen, Meinungen (opinions). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Haitian Creole | fraz. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | mondatok. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | frasi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 袋小路文 (garden-path sentences), 復'文 (review sentences). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ふくしゅうぶ" (review sentences), ふくろ"うじぶ" (garden-path sentences). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Luxembourgish | sätz. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | entencessay fraze. (various references) обиходные фразы (everyday sentences). (various references) frases (phrases). (various references) sentensi. (various references) meningar. (various references) brawddegu (construct sentences). (various references) baatu. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 26, Verse 16 |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Sapientior sibi piger videtur septem viris loquentibus sententias |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Wisere to hymself the slowe semeth, than seuene men spekende sentences. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | The hater of work seems to himself wiser than seven men who are able to give an answer with good sense. |
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| Language | Proverbs Chapter 26, Verse 16 |
| Cebuano | ¶ Ang tapulan manggialamon pa sa iyang kaugalingon paghunahuna Kay sa pito ka tawo nga nakahatag ug usa ka katarungan. |
| Chinese | 懶 惰 人 看 自 己 、 " 七 個 善 於 應 對 的 人 更 有 智 慧 。 |
| Croatian | Lijenèina se èini sebi mudrijim od sedmorice koji umno odgovaraju. |
| Danish | Den lade tykkes sig større Vismand end syv, der har kloge Svar. |
| Dutch | De luiaard is wijzer in zijn ogen, dan zeven, die met rede antwoorden. |
| Finnish | Laiska on omissa silmissään viisaampi kuin seitsemän, jotka vastaavat taitavasti. |
| French | Le paresseux se croit plus sage Que sept hommes qui répondent avec bon sens. |
| German | Ein Fauler dünkt sich weiser denn sieben, die da Sitten lehren. |
| Haitian Creole | ¶ Parese mete nan tèt li li gen plis konprann pase sèt moun lespri ki konn sa y'ap di. |
| Hungarian | Bölcsebb a rest a maga szemei elõtt, mint hét olyan, a ki okos feleletet ád. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Si pemalas menganggap dirinya lebih berhikmat daripada tujuh orang yang memberi jawaban yang tepat. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Orang pemalas itu lebih pandai pada sangkanya sendiri dari pada tujuh orang yang memberi ikhtiar. |
| Maori | ¶ He nui ke ake te whakaaro nui o te mangere, ki tana nei whakaaro, i to nga tangata tokowhitu e whakaatu ana i te tikanga. |
| Norwegian | Den late er visere i egne øine enn syv som svarer med forstand. |
| Portuguese | Mais sábio é o preguiçoso a seus olhos do que sete homens que sabem responder bem. |
| Rumanian | Lenewul se crede mai knyelept deckt wapte oameni cari rqspund cu judecatq. |
| Russian | мЕОЙЧЕ" Ч ЗМБЪБИ УЧПЙИ НХ"ТЕЕ УЕНЕТЩИ, ПФЧЕЮБАЭЙИ П'"ХНБООП. |
| Swedish | Den late tycker sig vara vis, mer än sju som giva förståndiga svar. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words ending with "SENTENCES": nonsentences, presentences, resentences, subsentences. (additional references) | |
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"SENTENCES" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: entence, scentence, seentance, sentance, sentece, sentenc, sentencet, Sentencia, sentense, sentenses, sentince, sentines, sesterce, sesterces, setences. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "SENTENCES" (pronounced se"ntunsuz) |
| 7 | -n t u n s u z | acquaintances. |
| 6 | -t u n s u z | acceptances, distances, instances, remittances, substances. |
| 5 | -u n s u z | absences, alliances, allowances, ambulances, annoyances, appearances, appliances, assurances, audiences, balances, cadences, clearances, condolences, conferences, confidences, consciences, continuances, contrivances, conveniences, countenances, differences, disallowances, disappearances, disturbances, divergences, eminences, entrances, evidences, experiences, fragrances, grievances, hindrances, imbalances, incidences, inconveniences, indulgences, influences, insurances, issuances, licences, licenses, observances, occurrences, ordinances, performances, preferences, presences, prominences, protuberances, provinces, reassurances, references, remembrances, reminiscences, resemblances, residences, sciences, sequences, silences, tolerances, utterances, variances. |
| 4 | -n s u z | advances, allegiances, announces, Biosciences, bounces, chances, circumstances, coincidences, commences, consequences, convinces, dances, defenses, denounces, dispenses, enhances, expanses, expenses, fences, finances, flounces, glances, inferences, nuances, offenses, ounces, prances, pretenses, princes, pronounces, refinances, renounces, responses, romances, sconces, senses, stances. |
| 3 | -s u z | abuses, accomplices, aces, actresses, addresses, affixes, albatrosses, aliases, amaryllises, annexes, apparatuses, appendixes, apprentices, asses, assesses, atlases, auspices, axes, bases, basses, biases, blesses, blitzes, blouses, boardinghouses, bonuses, bookcases, bosses, bourses, boxes, braces, briefcases, buses, businesses, Busses, buttresses, bypasses, cabooses, campuses, canvases, canvasses, carcasses, Casas, cases, caucuses, cayuses, ceases, censuses, chases, choices, choruses, circuses, classes, clearinghouses, climaxes, clubhouses, coaxes, coffeehouses, collapses, complexes, compresses, concourses, confesses, congresses, converses, corpses, courses, courthouses, creases, cresses, crevices, crocuses, crosses, crosspieces, crucifixes, curses, databases, decreases, depresses, devices, disabuses, discourses, discusses, dismisses, displaces, distresses, divorces, dollhouses, doses, dresses, earpieces, eclipses, embarrasses, embraces, encompasses, endorses, enforces, erases, esses, excesses, excuses, exes, expresses, eyeglasses, eyewitnesses, faces, farmhouses, faxes, fetuses, firehouses, fireplaces, fixes, flexes, focuses, forces, fortresses, foxes, furnaces, fusses, gases, gasses, gearboxes, geniuses, glasses, glimpses, glosses, goddesses, graces, grasses, greenhouses, grimaces, grosses, grouses, guesses, guesthouses, harnesses, headdresses, hippopotamuses, hisses, hoaxes, horses, hospices, hostesses, houses, hyraxes, ices, illnesses, impresses, impulses, increases, indexes, induces, injustices, interfaces, intersperses, introduces, invoices, irises, juices, jukeboxes, justices, kisses, laces, lapses, latexes, leases, lighthouses, likenesses, looses, losses, lynxes, mailboxes, marketplaces, masses, masterpieces, mattresses, medusas, messes, minibuses, minuses, misses, missus, mistresses, mixes, molasses, mongooses, morasses, mosses, mouthpieces, necklaces, nieces, nixes, notices, novices, nurses, offices, omnibuses, orifices, outhouses, outpaces, overdoses, overpasses, paces, palaces, paradoxes, passes, penises, perplexes, perses, pieces, pizzas, places, pluses, polices, porpoises, possesses, poultices, powerhouses, practices, prejudices, premises, presses, prices, princesses, processes, produces, professes, progresses, promises, prospectuses, pulses, purchases, purposes, purses, pusses, racehorses, races, recesses, reduces, reflexes, refocuses, rehearses, reimburses, reinforces, reintroduces, relapses, relaxes, releases, reminisces, replaces, reproduces, repurchases, resources, retroviruses, reverses, sacrifices, sauces, seamstresses, services, sexes, shoelaces, showcases, sinuses, sixes, skyboxes, slaughterhouses, slices, solstices, sources, spaces, spices, splices, spouses, staircases, statehouses, steakhouses, stewardesses, stresses, successes, suffices, suitcases, sunglasses, suppresses, surfaces, surpasses, surpluses, surtaxes, taxes, terraces, tortoises, tosses, townhouses, traces, treatises, tresses, trusses, typefaces, universes, uses, vases, verses, versus, vices, viruses, voices, waitresses, walruses, waltzes, waxes, weaknesses, witnesses, workhorses, workplaces, xeroxes, yeses. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: senescent. | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-e-e-n-n-s-s-t" | |
-1 letter: centeses, sentence. | |
-2 letters: essence, sennets. | |
-3 letters: censes, scenes, scents, sennet, tenses. | |
-4 letters: cense, cents, cetes, nenes, nests, scene, scent, sects, sense, sente, teens, tense. | |
-5 letters: cees, cent, cess, cete, eses, nene, ness, nest, nets, secs, sect, seen, sees, sene, sent, sets, teen, tees, tens. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-e-e-n-n-s-s-t" | |
+1 letter: recentness, sentiences. | |
+2 letters: descendents, encasements, resentences, subsentence. | |
+3 letters: centeredness, concreteness, inexistences, insentiences, nonsentences, presentences, quintessence, recentnesses, subsentences, venesections. | |
+4 letters: amniocenteses, ancientnesses, conceitedness, concertedness, connectedness, contentedness, currentnesses, enchantresses, ethnosciences, inexactnesses, intumescences, invectiveness, nonexistences, quintessences, reconditeness, transferences. | |
+5 letters: centerednesses, concretenesses, contritenesses, ensorcellments, exactingnesses, inchoatenesses, incompleteness, indelicateness, indirectnesses, indiscreetness, neglectfulness, nonnecessities, nonsecretories, presentencings, transcendences, unaffectedness, unchastenesses, unexpectedness. | |
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