Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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life sentence | Yes | No | No | No |
sentence | Yes | No | Yes | No |
life sentence (noun) | sentence (noun) |
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a prison term lasting as long as the prisoner lives | (criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed |
a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language | |
the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned |
life sentence (verb) | sentence (verb) |
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pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law |