This is the 1371st most frequent Korean word.
선고했다
"선고했다" means "sentenced" or "declared" (typically in a legal context).
Here, '선고했다' describes the act of a court officially announcing a punitive decision, specifically a criminal sentence.
법원은 그에게 징역형을 선고했다.
The court sentenced him to imprisonment.
In this case, '선고했다' is used more abstractly to convey the act of delivering a serious or decisive statement, not legal.
의사는 환자에게 종양에 대해 선고했다.
The doctor informed the patient about the tumor.
Here, it's used metaphorically to mean a fate or judgement perceived as final and declaratory.