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# reprimand

«reprimand» in Mova's school dictionary: **to tell them off officially for doing something wrong** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (reprimand, reprimands, reprimanded, reprimanding); noun (a reprimand, reprimands)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (formal) To reprimand someone is to tell them off officially for doing something wrong. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reprimand/#m1)

2) A reprimand is a formal telling-off. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reprimand/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In school stories children are reprimanded by the head teacher; in work life employees get a reprimand. It sounds stiff; in everyday talk «tell off», «get told off», «get into trouble». Phrases: «a stern reprimand», «be reprimanded for».

### examples

- The boy was reprimanded for running in the corridor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reprimand/#x1)
- The head teacher gave them a stern reprimand. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reprimand/#x2)
- The referee reprimanded the player for kicking. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reprimand/#x3)
- She was reprimanded for being late three times. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reprimand/#x4)
- The officer received a written reprimand. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reprimand/#x5)
- Mum reprimanded us for leaving the gate open. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reprimand/#x6)
- Whenever the old man had occasion to reprimand the little boy--and the occasions were frequent--he would relapse into a dignified but stubborn silence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reprimand/#x7)

### note

Stress on the first syllable: REP-ri-mand. Same form for verb and noun. A reprimand is a warning, weaker than a punishment like detention.

### Trees and pragmatics

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