sentence
gb/sˈɛntəns/ us/sˈɛntəns/
A2
إنجليزي
~ 1200
mondat, büntetés, ítél
اسم
A2
1
mondat
A1
نمط الاستخدام:
[someone] writes/says [a sentence]
The teacher asked the students to write a sentence using the new vocabulary.
A tanár arra kérte a diákokat, hogy írjanak egy mondatot az új szavakkal.
This sentence has both a subject and a verb.
Ebben a mondatban alany és ige is van.
She spoke in short, clear sentences to help the audience understand.
Can you find the main verb in this sentence?
Each sentence in the paragraph supports the main idea.
أمثلة للمتعلمين
I wrote a short sentence.
Írtam egy rövid mondatot.
This is a long sentence.
Ez egy hosszú mondat.
Please read the first sentence.
The boy made a funny sentence.
غلطة شائعة:
Learners sometimes confuse 'sentence' with 'phrase'. A phrase does not have both a subject and a verb, while a sentence does.
المعنى
A set of words forming a statement
تراكيب شائعة
form a sentence
|complete sentence
|simple sentence
|write a sentence
|read a sentence
مرادفات
statement (More general; can refer to any spoken or written expression, not necessarily grammatically complete.)
أضداد
fragment (An incomplete group of words that does not form a complete sentence.)
مواضيع
language
|grammar
|education
|communication
|core_vocabulary
التعريف
A group of words that says a complete idea.
A set of words that expresses a complete thought, typically containing a subject and a predicate.
اسم
B1
2
büntetés
A2
نمط الاستخدام:
[someone] receives [a sentence] for [crime]
The judge gave her a five-year prison sentence.
A bíró ötéves börtönbüntetést szabott ki rá.
He is serving a life sentence for murder.
Gyilkosságért életfogytiglani börtönbüntetését tölti.
The court handed down the maximum sentence allowed by law.
After the trial, the defendant received a suspended sentence.
She appealed her sentence, hoping for a reduced term.
أمثلة للمتعلمين
He got a long prison sentence.
Hosszú börtönbüntetést kapott.
The man will serve his sentence in jail.
A férfi a börtönben fogja letölteni a büntetését.
She has a short sentence for theft.
The judge gave him a life sentence.
غلطة شائعة:
Learners may confuse 'sentence' meaning 'punishment' with 'sentence' meaning 'group of words'. Context usually makes the meaning clear.
المعنى
Court's decision on punishment
تراكيب شائعة
prison sentence
|life sentence
|death sentence
|serve a sentence
|pass a sentence
مرادفات
punishment (More general; not limited to legal contexts.)
أضداد
acquittal (A legal decision that someone is not guilty, so no punishment is given.)
مواضيع
law
|crime
التعريف
The time or punishment a judge gives to someone guilty of a crime.
A punishment assigned to someone found guilty of a crime, decided by a judge or court.
فعل
B2
3
ítél
B1
نمط الاستخدام:
[someone] sentences [someone] to [punishment]
The judge sentenced him to ten years in prison.
A bíró tíz év börtönbüntetésre ítélte.
She was sentenced to community service for her crime.
A bűncselekményéért közérdekű munkára ítélték.
The court sentenced the defendant to death.
They were sentenced to probation instead of jail time.
أمثلة للمتعلمين
The judge sentenced him to five years in jail.
A bíró öt év börtönre ítélte.
She was sentenced to two months in prison.
Két hónap börtönbüntetésre ítélték.
The man was sentenced to death.
غلطة شائعة:
Learners sometimes forget to include 'to' before stating the punishment (e.g., 'sentenced him five years' instead of 'sentenced him to five years').
المعنى
To declare someone's legal punishment
تراكيب شائعة
sentence someone to death
|sentence someone to life in prison
|sentence someone to community service
مرادفات
condemn (Can mean to give severe punishment, but also used more broadly for strong disapproval.)
أضداد
acquit (To formally declare someone not guilty and free them from punishment.)
مواضيع
law
|crime
التعريف
When a judge says what punishment someone guilty of a crime will get.
To officially state the punishment for someone found guilty of a crime in court.
القواعد
الصيغة المعجمية
sentence
IPA
GB/sˈɛntəns/
US/sˈɛntəns/
المقاطع والنبر
sen - tence (٢ مقاطع)
Stress on 1st syllable (sen)
تصريفات الكلمة
Noun
- Base: sentence
- Plural: sentences
Verb
- Base: sentence
- 3rd Person Singular: sentences
- Present Participle: sentencing
- Past: sentenced
عيلة الكلمة
Forms
sentences
noun
sentencing
verb
sentenced
verb
Advanced or less common
sentential
adjective
تعبيرات
life sentence
1/lˈaɪf sˈɛntəns/
fixed phrase
Prison term for life
When someone must stay in prison for the rest of their life.
أمثلة
- He is serving a life sentence for armed robbery.
- The court gave her a life sentence without parole.
suspended sentence
1/səspˈɛndɪd sˈɛntəns/
fixed phrase
Punishment not enforced if rules are followed
A court decision where the person will not go to prison now, but will if they break the law again soon.
أمثلة
- She got a suspended sentence for her first offense.
- The judge gave him a suspended sentence and ordered community service.
death sentence
1/dˈɛθ sˈɛntəns/
fixed phrase
Official order to execute someone as punishment for a crime
When a court says someone must be killed as punishment for a crime.
أمثلة
- The judge handed down a death sentence for the murderer.
- The murderer received the death sentence after the trial.
- In some countries, drug trafficking carries a death sentence.
- Many countries have abolished the death sentence.