Foundation level · Year 4 · free
sentence
noun · Say it: SEN-tuhns
What it means
Foundationa group of words that makes complete sense, starting with a capital letter and ending with a full stop
Mrs Patel asked us to write one sentence about our summer holiday.
Similar and opposite words
Synonyms (similar meaning)
- clause
- statement
More examples
- Every sentence in Amelia's story began with a different word.
Where the word comes from
It comes from the Latin word sententia, meaning an opinion or way of thinking.
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