presentence
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.27 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Occurring before or in preparation for a criminal sentence.
noun
A sentence-like utterance that precedes the development of properly grammatical sentences.
Example Sentences
- ""Pulitzer's request"--Marshall would eventually write--"is both novel and complex, pitting the public's right to know […] against the traditional confidentiality of presentence investigation materials.""
- "[…] he was conscious to himself that he had prejudged, preconvicted, and even presentenced the Man whom he tried, months before he heard his case, as is demonstrated by his threat to Mrs. MILBANK "that he would send him into penal servitude!" […]"
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English sentence English presentence From pre- + sentence.