{
    "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’."
}