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open sentence

noun

Definition of open sentence

: a statement (as in mathematics) that contains at least one blank or unknown and that becomes true or false when the blank is filled or a quantity is substituted for the unknown

Examples of open sentence in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

 Firstly, that opening sentence caught a lot of people’s attention. — Graeme Mcmillan, WIRED, "While You Were Offline: Man, Twitter Loves a Good Civil War Meme, Huh?," 8 July 2018 Rossetti said the plea deal was altered to involve an open sentence by the judge upon the guilty plea, but officials said Sherman, a Fox Lake resident, could not be sentenced to more than five years under the current charges against her. — Jim Newton, Lake County News-Sun, "Plea deal decision expected in alleged cellphone robbery death," 7 Sep. 2017

First Known Use of open sentence

1937, in the meaning defined above

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