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foresentences

foresentences is the plural of foresentence.

foresentences is the third-person singular simple present indicative of foresentence.

Meaning of foresentence

Noun

foresentence (plural foresentences)

  1. (rare) A sentence or condemnation in advance.
    • To move on that note from our deficient techniques of fact-gathering, there is a troublesome quality of class bias both in the subjects treated in foresentence reports and the standard modes of treatment.1975, H. Richard Uviller, The Processes of Criminal Justice: Investigation, page 794
  2. (religious) Prophetic doom.

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Questions about foresentences

What is foresentences the plural of?
Foresentences is the plural of foresentence.

Words near foresentences in the dictionary

  1. foresenses
  2. foresensing
  3. foresent
  4. foresentence
  5. foresentenced
  6. foresentences
  7. foresentencing
  8. foreset
  9. foresets
  10. foresetting
  11. foresex

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