admonished

CEFRC2

/əˈdmɑnɪʃt/

verb

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    Warned someone firmly that they had done something wrong.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    simple past and past participle of admonish

Examples

  • The police admonished him to drive more slowly.

  • I was admonished against being late.

At a glance

Sits at C2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
2
Parts of speech
1

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In context

  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:admonished.

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

The teacher blank the student for repeatedly talking during the exam.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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