conviction
judgment of conviction
condemnation sentence | (criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed, the conviction came as no surprise |
syntax sentence structure
phrase structure | the grammatical arrangement of words in sentences |
| sentence | a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language, he always spoke in grammatical sentences |
| simple sentence | a sentence having no coordinate clauses or subordinate clauses |
| complex sentence | a sentence composed of at least one main clause and one subordinate clause |
| loose sentence | a complex sentence in which the main clause comes first and the subordinate clause follows |
| periodic sentence | a complex sentence in which the main clause comes last and is preceded by the subordinate clause |
| compound sentence | a sentence composed of at least two coordinate independent clauses |
declarative sentence
declaratory sentence | a sentence (in the indicative mood) that makes a declaration |
| run-on sentence | an ungrammatical sentence in which two or more independent clauses are conjoined without a conjunction |
| topic sentence | a sentence that states the topic of its paragraph |
| sentence stress | the distribution of stresses within a sentence |
question interrogation interrogative
interrogative sentence | a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply, he asked a direct question, he had trouble phrasing his interrogations |
prison term
sentence
time | the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned, he served a prison term of months, his sentence was toyears, he is doing time in the county jail |
life sentence
life | a prison term lasting as long as the prisoner lives, he got life for killing the guard |
sentence
condemn doom | pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law, He was condemned to ten years in prison |
introductory
prefatorial
prefatory | serving as an introduction or preface |
| introductory | serving to open or begin, began the slide show with some introductory remarks |
| basic introductory | serving as a base or starting point, a basic course in Russian, basic training for raw recruits, a set of basic tools, an introductory art course |