Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to cause to suffer for crime or misconduct:
Русский
By meaning 1
to cause to suffer for crime or misconduct:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to cause to suffer for crime or misconduct:

Examples

848 sentences

  1. I demand that he be punished.

    Я потребую щоб він був покараний. — shanghainese

    ruЯ требую, чтобы он был наказан. — marafon

    deIch verlange, dass er bestraft wird. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  2. Tom didn't want to be punished.

    Том не хотів бути покараним. — deniko

    ruТом не хочет, чтобы его наказали. — marafon

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  3. Tom isn't going to be punished.

    Тома не покарають. — deniko

    deTom wird nicht bestraft werden. — Naina

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Meaning

4 senses

  1. (transitive)To cause (a child, student, or someone else being looked after, or a suspect or criminal) to suffer for crime or misconduct, to administer disciplinary action, typically by an authority or a person in authority (for example: a parent, teacher, or police officer).

    If a prince violates the law, then he must be punished like an ordinary person.

    bestrafen, strafen

    нака́зыватьnakázyvatʹ, наказа́тьnakazátʹ, кара́тьkarátʹ

    кара́тиkaráty, покара́тиpokaráty, нака́зуватиnakázuvaty

  2. (figuratively, transitive)To treat harshly and unfairly.

  3. (colloquial, transitive)To handle or beat severely; to maul.

  4. (colloquial, transitive)To consume a large quantity of.

More definitions
  • impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on

Origin

From Middle English punischen, from Anglo-Norman, Old French puniss-, stem of some of the

From Middle English punischen, from Anglo-Norman, Old French puniss-, stem of some of the conjugated forms of punir, from Latin puniō (“to inflict punishment upon”), from poena (“punishment, penalty”); see pain. Displaced Old English wītnian and (mostly, in this sense) wrecan.

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Forms

punishes, punishing, punished, punished

regular · Lesson

Base formpunish · to punish
3rd person singularpunishes
Present participlepunishing
Past simplepunished
Past participlepunished

Tenses

punish · punished · will punish · have punished

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Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theypunish
he, she, itpunishes

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave punished
he, she, ithas punished

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill punish

Past simpleLesson

all personspunished

Synonyms

5 synonyms
To cause to suffer for crime or misconduct, to…:penalizeB2castigatepillory
(figuratively)To treat harshly and unfairly:mistreatB2
Close in meaning
  • impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on:penalizepenalise

Antonyms

3 antonyms
forgiveB1let offrewardB2

Word family

17 related words
RelatedpainB1punitivepunitorypunishment
Derivedcorporally punishmispunishoutpunishoverpunishprepunishpunishabilitypunishablepunisheepunisherpunishingrepunishtelishtelishment

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

12 patterns
  • be punished for
  • punished for doing
  • get punished
  • punished for what
  • likely be punished
  • might get punished
  • has been punished
  • got punished for
  • should be punished
  • must be punished
  • don't get punished
  • want to punish

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
puncturepunditpungentpunishablepunishmentB1punitiveC2punk

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