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# condescend

«condescend» in Mova's school dictionary: **below your dignity, or to agree to do something kindly as…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (condescend, condescends, condescended, condescending)

### meaning for a pupil

To do something you think is below your dignity, or to agree to do something kindly as a favour to someone you see as lower than you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/condescend/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in tales, a proud person who will not answer, or a grand lady who graciously lets others come in

### examples

- I would not condescend to answer such a rude question. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/condescend/#x1)
- Please condescend to enter our house. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/condescend/#x2)
- The queen condescended to visit the village school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/condescend/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «condescend» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/condescend/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.