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To number off (a group of soldiers); to divide up (soldiers) in this way.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: government, military, politics, war
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To assign (someone) to a particular task, duty etc.; to depute, to allocate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To count off (numbers, members of a sequence etc.); to enumerate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To rebuke, to reprimand, or to admonish, often in a harsh, angry, direct way.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- Joel's boss told him off for being late again.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
reprimand
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- She told the misbehaving student off
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: brush down
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
57 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
وَبَّخَ
(wabbaḵa)
— to rebuke
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Bulgarian:
гълча
(gǎlča)
— to rebuke
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Bulgarian:
сгълчвам
(sgǎlčvam)
— to rebuke
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Bulgarian:
сгълча
(sgǎlča)
— to rebuke
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Chinese Cantonese:
話 /话
(waa6)
— to rebuke
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Cornish:
keredhi
— to rebuke
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Czech:
vynadat
— to rebuke
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Dutch:
berispen
— to rebuke
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Esperanto:
sapumi la okulojn
— to rebuke
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Esperanto:
admoni
— to rebuke
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Finnish:
haukkua
— to rebuke
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Finnish:
läksyttää
— to rebuke
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French:
passer un savon
— to rebuke
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Galician:
rifar
— to rebuke
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German:
ausschimpfen
— to rebuke
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German:
tadeln
— to rebuke
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Italian:
dare una lavata di capo
— to rebuke
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Italian:
sgridare
— to rebuke
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Italian:
ammonire
— to rebuke
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K'iche':
yajik
— to rebuke
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K'iche':
yajonik
— to rebuke
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Ladin:
bruntlé
— to rebuke
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Polish:
upominać
— to rebuke
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Polish:
upomnieć
— to rebuke
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Polish:
besztać
— to rebuke
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Polish:
zbesztać
— to rebuke
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Polish:
ochrzaniać
— to rebuke
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Polish:
ochrzanić
— to rebuke
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Portuguese:
dar uma bronca
— to rebuke
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Russian:
распекать
(raspekatʹ)
— to rebuke
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Russian:
отчитывать
(otčityvatʹ)
— to rebuke
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Slovak:
vynadať
— to rebuke
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Spanish:
reprender
— to rebuke
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Spanish:
regañar
— to rebuke
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Spanish:
amonestar
— to rebuke
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Spanish:
cantar las cuarenta
— to rebuke
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Spanish:
leer la cartilla
— to rebuke
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Spanish:
poner a caldo
— to rebuke
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Spanish:
poner a parir
— to rebuke
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Spanish:
poner verde
— to rebuke
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Spanish:
poner de vuelta y media
— to rebuke
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Spanish:
poner como chupa de dómine
— to rebuke
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Spanish:
reprehender
— to rebuke
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Spanish:
sermonear
— to rebuke
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Swedish:
skälla ut
— to rebuke
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Turkish:
azarlamak
— to rebuke
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Turkish:
paylamak
— to rebuke
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Welsh:
dweud y drefn wrth
— to rebuke
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Welsh:
ceryddu
— to rebuke
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Welsh:
dwrdio
— to rebuke
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Finnish:
luetella
— to count members of a sequence, enumerate
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German:
abzählen
— to count members of a sequence, enumerate
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German:
aufzählen
— to count members of a sequence, enumerate
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German:
durchzählen
— to count members of a sequence, enumerate
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German:
zählen
— to count members of a sequence, enumerate
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Polish:
wyliczać
— to count members of a sequence, enumerate
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Polish:
wyliczyć
— to count members of a sequence, enumerate
