pass sentence on someone Definition

sentence
noun

1. A sequence of words forming a meaningful grammatical structure that can stand alone as a complete utterance, and which in written English usually begins with a capital letter and ends with a full stop, question mark or exclamation mark. See note.

Thesaurus: decree, judgement, pronouncement, verdict, opinion, ruling, decision, edict, dictum.
2. A punishment pronounced by a court or judge; its announcement in court.
3. A judgement, opinion or decision.

verb sentenced, sentencing

1. To announce the judgement or sentence to be given to someone.
2. To condemn someone to a punishment.

Example: They've sentenced him to five years' imprisonment
Thesaurus: punish, convict.

Derivative: sentential
adj

Derivative: sententially
adverb

Idiom: pass sentence on someone

To announce the punishment to be given to someone.

Etymology: 13c: French, from Latin sententia opinion, from sentire to feel.

Info:

A sentence is sometimes defined as a grammatical structure that contains at least one clause with an expressed subject and a finite verb, as in I'm going home or It'll be cooler outside or If you were as fit as that, would you waste your time doing press-ups? However, in many sentences, sometimes known as sentence fragments, the subject and/or the verb may be implied rather than expressed &wbox; (= ‘I'm going to have a bath') &wbox; (= ‘He's thinking'). The same is true for exclamations, such as How awful! and What a pity!