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UK
/ɹˈɛpɹɪmˌɑːnd/
]
[ US /ˈɹɛpɹəˌmænd/ ]
[ US /ˈɹɛpɹəˌmænd/ ]
VERB
- rebuke formally
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censure severely or angrily
The deputy ragged the Prime Minister
The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car
The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup
NOUN
-
an act or expression of criticism and censure
he had to take the rebuke with a smile on his face
How To Use reprimand In A Sentence
- It has barely issued a reprimand or fine in years. Times, Sunday Times
- These verbs mean to reprimand or criticize angrily or vehemently.
- Plus, too many black children see school as a place where they're supposed to get reprimanded and putting black educators as main executioner; we're essentially fortifying centuries-old traditions of promoting blacks as overseer in the proverbial plantation. Jose Vilson: Why Black/Latino Male Teachers aren't as Effective in the Classroom... Yet
- Fans get banned for life, players escape with a fine and a reprimand. The Sun
- He could avoid expulsion and imprisonment if the full 435-member House decides to enforce censure, a reprimand or fines.
- The company was fined 135,000 and given a formal reprimand. Times, Sunday Times
- Although the female operatives were initially encouraged to work as they pleased, they were quickly reprimanded for talking too much.
- Instead, Brown has treated us to a tortuous, Jesuitical argument so self-contradictory it merits its own reprimand.
- Despite an immediate reprimand from Chamorro, Godoy's statements during the strike reportedly encouraged the formation of right-wing armed groups.
- The only time that students in my class were reprimanded en masse for plagiarism, they had copied literatim large chunks of the introduction to the textbook used in class! WSJIDEBATE: Are Students Too Reliant on the Internet for Research?
