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sentence

/ˈsentəns/SEN-tuhns
/ˈsɛntəns/SEN-tuhns

Meaningan opinion

Common meaning: a set of words

Other meanings: a judgment

Journey through time

  1. Latinsententiasource
  2. Frenchsentencesource
  3. Middle Englishsentencesource
  4. Englishsentence‘a set of words’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin sententia ‘an opinion’.

Roots

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