reprimand

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[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

  • (US) (as a noun) IPA: /ˈɹɛp.ɹəˌmænd/, /ˈɹɛp.ɹəˌmɑnd/
  • (US) (as a verb) IPA: /ˈɹɛp.ɹəˌmænd/, /ˈɹɛp.ɹəˌmɑnd/, /ˌɹɛp.ɹəˈmænd/, /ˌɹɛp.ɹəˈmɑnd/

[edit] Etymology

From French réprimande, from réprimer (“‘to repress’”).

[edit] Noun

Singular
reprimand

Plural
reprimands

reprimand (plural reprimands)

  1. A severe, formal or official reproof; reprehension, rebuke, private or public.

[edit] Translations

a severe, formal or official reproof

[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to reprimand

Third person singular
reprimands

Simple past
reprimanded

Past participle
reprimanded

Present participle
reprimanding

to reprimand (third-person singular simple present reprimands, present participle reprimanding, simple past and past participle reprimanded)

  1. To reprove in a formal or official way.
    • 1983. Rosen, Stanley. Plato’s Sophist: The Drama of Original & Image. South Bend, Indiana, USA: St. Augustine’s Press. p. 62.
      He is struck by Antinous, who is in turn reprimanded by one of the “proud young men” courting Penelope:

[edit] Synonyms

[edit] Translations

to reprove in a formal or official way

[edit] Related terms

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