REPRIMAND


Meaning of REPRIMAND in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ reprɪmɑ:nd, -mænd ]

( reprimands, reprimanding, reprimanded)

If someone is reprimanded , they are spoken to angrily or seriously for doing something wrong, usually by a person in authority. ( FORMAL )

He was reprimanded by a teacher for talking in the corridor...

Her attempts to reprimand him were quickly shouted down.

VERB : be V-ed for -ing / n , V n

Reprimand is also a noun.

He has been fined five thousand pounds and given a severe reprimand.

N-VAR

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