Censure Definition
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English
Etymology
1350–1400 Middle English, from Old French, from Latin cénsūra (“censor's office or assessment”), from censere (“to tax, assess, value, judge, consider, etc.”).
Pronunciation
Noun
censure (plural censures)
- The act of blaming, criticizing, or condemning as wrong; reprehension.
- An official reprimand.
- The state of excommunication.
Verb
to censure (third-person singular simple present censures, present participle censuring, simple past and past participle censured)
Synonyms
- See also Wikisaurus:reprehend
Translations
to criticize harshly
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Related terms
References
- “censure” in The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000.
- “censure” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
- "censure" in WordNet 3.0, Princeton University, 2006.
French
Pronunciation
Noun
censure f. (plural censures)
Verb
censure
- First-person singular present indicative of censurer
- Third-person singular present indicative of censurer
- First-person singular present subjunctive of censurer
- Third-person singular present subjunctive of censurer
- Second-person singular imperative of censurer
Anagrams
Italian
Noun
censure f.
- Plural form of censura.
Portuguese
Verb
censure
- First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of verb censurar.
- Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) present subjunctive of verb censurar.
- Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of verb censurar.
- Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of verb censurar.
Spanish
Verb
censure (infinitive censurar)
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of censurar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of censurar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of censurar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of censurar.
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