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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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ruin
English
Etymology
From Middle English ruyne, ruine, from Old French ruine, from Latin ru?na (“overthrow, ruin”), from ru? (“I fall down, tumble, sink in ruin, rush”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??u?.?n/
- Rhymes: -u??n
Noun
ruin (countable and uncountable, plural ruins)
- (countable, sometimes in the plural) The remains of a destroyed or dilapidated construction, such as a house or castle.
- The Veian and the Gabian towirs shall fall, / And one promiscuous ruin cover all; / Nor, after length of years, a stone betray / The place where once the very ruins lay.
- a. 1812, Joseph Stevens Buckminster, sermon
- The labour of a day will not build up a virtuous habit on the ruins of an old and vicious character.
- (uncountable) The state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed.
- (uncountable) Something that leads to serious trouble or destruction.
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Youth and Age
- The errors of young men are the ruin of business.
- The Bat—they called him the Bat. […]. He […] played a lone hand, […]. Most lone wolves had a moll at any rate—women were their ruin—but if the Bat had a moll, not even the grapevine telegraph could locate her.
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Youth and Age
- (obsolete) A fall or tumble.
- A change that destroys or defeats something; destruction; overthrow.
- 1768, Thomas Gray, The Bard
- Ruin seize thee, ruthless king!
- 1768, Thomas Gray, The Bard
- (uncountable) Complete financial loss; bankruptcy.
Translations
Verb
ruin (third-person singular simple present ruins, present participle ruining, simple past and past participle ruined or (dialectal, nonstandard) ruint)
- (transitive) To cause the fiscal ruin of.
- With all these purchases, you surely mean to ruin us!
- 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island
- In one way, indeed, he bade fair to ruin us; for he kept on staying week after week, and at last month after month, so that all the money had been long exhausted...
- To destroy or make something no longer usable.
- He ruined his new white slacks by accidentally spilling oil on them.
- 1857, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Golden Mile-Stone
- By the fireside there are old men seated, / Seeing ruined cities in the ashes.
- To cause severe financial loss to; to bankrupt or drive out of business.
- The crooked stockbroker's fraudulent scheme ruined dozens of victims; some investors lost their life savings and even their houses.
- To upset or overturn the plans or progress of, or to have a disastrous effect on something.
- My car breaking down just as I was on the road ruined my vacation.
- To make something less enjoyable or likeable.
- I used to love that song, but being assaulted when that song was playing ruined the song for me.
- To reveal the ending of (a story); to spoil.
- (obsolete) To fall into a state of decay.
- 1636, George Sandys, Paraphrase upon the Psalmes and upon the Hymnes dispersed throughout the Old and New Testaments
- Though he his house of polisht marble build, / Yet shall it ruine like the Moth's fraile cell
- 1636, George Sandys, Paraphrase upon the Psalmes and upon the Hymnes dispersed throughout the Old and New Testaments
- (transitive, historical) To seduce or debauch, and thus harm the social standing of.
- The young libertine was notorious for ruining local girls.
Synonyms
- destroy
- fordo
- ruinate
- wreck
- See also Thesaurus:spoil
Antonyms
- build
- construct
- found
- produce
Related terms
- ruination
- ruinable
- ruiner
- ruinous
- ruint
Translations
Further reading
- ruin in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- ruin in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- ruin at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- Irun
Asturian
Adjective
ruin m sg (feminine singular ruina, neuter singular ruino, masculine plural ruinos, feminine plural ruines)
- weedy
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch ruun. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rœy?n/
- Hyphenation: ruin
- Rhymes: -œy?n
Noun
ruin m (plural ruinen, diminutive ruintje n)
- gelding
See also
- hengst
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Latin ruina
Noun
ruin m (definite singular ruinen, indefinite plural ruiner, definite plural ruinene)
- ruin (often in plural form when referring to buildings)
References
- “ruin” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Latin ruina
Noun
ruin m (definite singular ruinen, indefinite plural ruinar, definite plural ruinane)
- ruin (often in plural form when referring to buildings)
References
- “ruin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Spanish
Etymology
From an earlier *ruino, from ruina, or from a Vulgar Latin root *ru?nus, ultimately from Latin ru?na. Compare Portuguese ruim, Catalan roí.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?rwin/, [?rw?n]
Adjective
ruin (plural ruines)
- contemptible, mean, heartless
- Synonyms: vil, despreciable
- mean, stingy
- Synonyms: avaro, mezquino, tacaño, usurero, agarrado, cicatero
- wild; unruly
- Synonyms: salvaje, agresto
- rachitic
- Synonym: raquítico
Swedish
Noun
ruin c
- a ruin (remains of a building)
- ruin (financial bankruptcy)
Declension
Related terms
- ruinera
Anagrams
- urin
Tetum
Noun
ruin
- bone
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