Sentence meaning : The decision or judgement of a jury or court; a verdict. The judicial order for a punishment to be imposed on a person convicted of a crime. A punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime. A saying, especially from a great person; a maxim, an apophthegm. (grammar) A grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate, even if one or the other is implied, and typically beginning with a capital letter and ending with a full stop. A formula with no free variables. Any of the set of strings that can be generated by a given formal grammar. Sense; meaning; significance. One's opinion; manner of thinking. A pronounced opinion or judgment on a given question. To declare a sentence on a convicted person; to doom; to condemn to punishment. To decree or announce as a sentence. To utter sententiously.