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# probation

«probation» in Mova's school dictionary: **when a person who broke the law is allowed to stay out of…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (probation — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (law) Probation is when a person who broke the law is allowed to stay out of prison but must behave well and meet regularly with a probation officer for a set time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/probation/#m1)

2) (work) Probation is a trial time at the start of a new job, when the employer checks that the new worker is suitable. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/probation/#m2)

3) (school, US) Academic probation is a warning time for a student whose marks or behaviour are too poor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/probation/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In adult life, a new teacher or nurse may be "on probation" for the first months. In law, probation gives offenders a chance to change instead of prison; breaking the rules can mean being sent to prison. Phrases: on probation, probation officer, a probation period, put on probation, break probation.

### examples

- The young man was put on probation instead of going to prison. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/probation/#x1)
- He meets his probation officer every week. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/probation/#x2)
- Mum is still on probation at her new job. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/probation/#x3)
- After the probation period, she got a permanent contract. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/probation/#x4)
- If he breaks the rules of his probation, he could go to prison. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/probation/#x5)
- Our new puppy is "on probation" until it stops chewing shoes! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/probation/#x6)

### note

Uncountable. Adjective probationary ("probationary period"). Related to "prove" and "probe" (test). Probation (outside prison with rules) is different from parole (early release from prison with rules).

### Trees and pragmatics

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