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reproach
English
Etymology
Old French reprochier (Modern reprocher).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /???p???t?/
- (US) IPA(key): /???p?o?t?/
- Rhymes: -??t?
Noun
reproach (countable and uncountable, plural reproaches)
- A mild rebuke, or an implied criticism.
- Disgrace or shame.
- (countable) An object of scorn.
Synonyms
- obloquy, opprobrium
Translations
Verb
reproach (third-person singular simple present reproaches, present participle reproaching, simple past and past participle reproached)
- (transitive) To criticize or rebuke (someone).
- if ye be reproached for the name of Christ
- Mezentius […] with his ardour warmed / His fainting friends, reproached their shameful flight, / Repelled the victors.
- (transitive) To disgrace, or bring shame upon.
Synonyms
- (to criticize or rebuke): blame, rebuke, upbraid
- (to disgrace): disgrace, dishonor
- See also Thesaurus:reprehend
Derived terms
- beyond reproach
- reproachful
- reproachable
Translations
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sentence
English
Etymology
Borrowing from Middle French sentence, from Latin sententia (“way of thinking, opinion, sentiment”), from senti?ns, present participle of senti? (“to feel, think”); see sentient, sentience, sense, scent.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?s?nt?ns/
- (General American) IPA(key): [?s?ntn?t?s], [?s?n?n?t?s]
- (General American) IPA(key): [?s?ntn?t?s], [?s?n?n?t?s]
- Hyphenation: sen?tence
Noun
sentence (plural sentences)
- (dated) The decision or judgement of a jury or court; a verdict. [from 14th c.]
- The judicial order for a punishment to be imposed on a person convicted of a crime. [from 14th c.]
- 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I,
- The murderer, he recalled, had been tried and sentenced to imprisonment for life, but was pardoned by a merciful governor after serving a year of his sentence.
- 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I,
- A punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime.
- (obsolete) A saying, especially from a great person; a maxim, an apophthegm. [14th-19th c.]
- 1748, Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, Letter 206:
- I am told that she writes well, and that all her letters are full of sentences.
- 1748, Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, Letter 206:
- (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. [from 15th c.]
- (logic) A formula with no free variables. [from 20th c.]
- (computing theory) Any of the set of strings that can be generated by a given formal grammar. [from 20th c.]
- (obsolete) Sense; meaning; significance.
- 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, Canterbury Tales. General Prologue:
- Noght o word spak he moore than was neede,
- And that was seyd in forme and reverence
- And short and quyk and ful of hy sentence ...
- 1649, John Milton, Eikonoklastes:
- now to the discourse itself, voluble enough, and full of sentence, but that, for the most part, either specious rather than solid, or to his cause nothing pertinent.
- 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, Canterbury Tales. General Prologue:
- (obsolete) One's opinion; manner of thinking. [14th-17th c.]
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book II:
- My sentence is for open war.
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book II:
- (now rare) A pronounced opinion or judgment on a given question. [from 14th c.]
- 1687, Francis Atterbury, An Answer to some Considerations, the Spirit of Martin Luther and the Original of the Reformation
- By them [Luther's works] we might pass sentence upon his doctrines.
- 1687, Francis Atterbury, An Answer to some Considerations, the Spirit of Martin Luther and the Original of the Reformation
Synonyms
- verdict
- conviction
Hypernyms
- (logic): formula
Hyponyms
- (grammar): affirmative sentence, complex sentence, compound sentence, conditional sentence, simple sentence
Related terms
- sentential
Translations
Verb
sentence (third-person singular simple present sentences, present participle sentencing, simple past and past participle sentenced)
- To declare a sentence on a convicted person; to doom; to condemn to punishment.
- 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I,
- The murderer, he recalled, had been tried and sentenced to imprisonment for life, but was pardoned by a merciful governor after serving a year of his sentence.
- 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I,
- (obsolete) To decree or announce as a sentence.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)
- (obsolete) To utter sententiously.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Feltham to this entry?)
Translations
Further reading
- sentence in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- sentence in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?s?nt?nt?s?]
- Hyphenation: sen?ten?ce
Noun
sentence f
- sentence (formula with no free variables)
- sentence (grammar)
Declension
Synonyms
- (grammar): v?ta
French
Etymology
From Old French sentence, from Latin sententia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s??.t??s/
Noun
sentence f (plural sentences)
- sentence
- verdict
- maxim, saying, adage
Latvian
Noun
sentence f (5th declension)
- aphorism
- maxim
Declension
Synonyms
- aforisms
- domu grauds
Middle French
Etymology
From Latin sententia.
Noun
sentence f (plural sentences)
- sentence (judgement; verdict)
- sentence (grammatically complete series of words)
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