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# officious

«officious» in Mova's school dictionary: **too eager to give help or orders when nobody asked for them** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective

### meaning for a pupil

1) Officious means too eager to give help or orders when nobody asked for them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/officious/#m1)

2) Officious describes a person who behaves as if they are in charge. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/officious/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in stories an officious servant fusses over someone with too much attention, often to please a master

### examples

- The officious clerk kept telling us what to do. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/officious/#x1)
- The officious guard checked every bag twice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/officious/#x2)
- Her officious helpers filled his cup again and again. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/officious/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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