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admonish
What does admonish mean?
admonish (verb): to inform or notify of a fault; to rebuke in a serious tone; to tell off.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use admonish in a sentence?
- He admonished the child for his bad behavior. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce admonish?
/ædˈmɑnɪʃ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
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What does “admonish” mean?
to inform or notify of a fault; to rebuke in a serious tone; to tell off
Right! That's what “admonish” means.
to receive (something) from somebody temporarily, expecting to return it
Not quite: that's what borrow means.
to forbid, disallow, or proscribe officially; to make illegal or illicit
Not quite: that's what prohibit means.
travel back and forth regularly, as between one's place of work and home
Not quite: that's what commute means.
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