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Noun sentence has 3 senses

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 conviction
Derived 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, life
Derived form: verb sentence₁

Verb sentence has 1 sense

sentence, condemn, doom - pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law; "He was condemned to ten years in prison"
--₁ is one way to declare

Derived forms: noun sentence₃, noun sentence₂
Sample sentence:
They want to sentence the prisoners