censure

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English [edit]

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Etymology [edit]

1350–1400 Middle English, from Old French, from Latin censūra (censor's office or assessment), from censere (to tax, assess, value, judge, consider, etc.).

Pronunciation [edit]

  • (UK) IPA: /ˈsɛn.sjə/, /ˈsɛn.sʃə/
  • (US) IPA: /ˈsɛn.ʃɚ/

Noun [edit]

censure (plural censures)

  1. The act of blaming, criticizing, or condemning as wrong; reprehension.
  2. An official reprimand.
  3. The state of excommunication.

Translations [edit]

Verb [edit]

censure (third-person singular simple present censures, present participle censuring, simple past and past participle censured)

  1. to criticize harshly
  2. to formally rebuke

Synonyms [edit]

Translations [edit]

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Related terms [edit]

References [edit]

  • censure” in The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000.
  • censure” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
  • "censure" in WordNet 3.0, Princeton University, 2006.

French [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

censure f (plural censures)

  1. censorship.

Verb [edit]

censure

  1. first-person singular present indicative of censurer
  2. third-person singular present indicative of censurer
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of censurer
  4. third-person singular present subjunctive of censurer
  5. second-person singular imperative of censurer

Anagrams [edit]


Italian [edit]

Noun [edit]

censure f

  1. Plural form of censura

Latin [edit]

Participle [edit]

cēnsūre

  1. vocative masculine singular of cēnsūrus

Portuguese [edit]

Verb [edit]

censure

  1. First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of censurar
  2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) present subjunctive of censurar
  3. Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of censurar
  4. Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of censurar

Spanish [edit]

Verb [edit]

censure (infinitive censurar)

  1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of censurar.
  2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of censurar.
  3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of censurar.
  4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of censurar.