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sentencings

sentencings is the plural of sentencing.

Meaning of sentencing

Noun

sentencing (countable and uncountable, plural sentencings)

  1. (uncountable) The act of pronouncing a judicial sentence on someone convicted of a crime.
    • After the verdict, the sentencing was not delayed.
  2. (countable) That which has been pronounced as a judgement or sentence for a crime.
  3. (colloquial) The act of creating one or more complete sentences from fragmented thoughts and phrases.
    • He struggled with sentencing his frayed and angry verses from poem to prose.

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Questions about sentencings

What is sentencings the plural of?
Sentencings is the plural of sentencing.

Words near sentencings in the dictionary

  1. sentencest
  2. sentenceth
  3. sentencewise
  4. sentencing
  5. sentencing range
  6. sentencings
  7. sentencious
  8. sentenciously
  9. Senteno
  10. Sentenos
  11. sentential

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