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I'm not exactly watching my back. Most people, there's a twinkle when they admonish me. And I've watched a lot of footage on YouTube of people's reactions to watching me.
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Meaning of "admonish" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ADMONISH

Via Old French from Vulgar Latin admonestāre (unattested), from Latin admonēre to put one in mind of, from monēre to advise.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ADMONISH

admonish  [ədˈmɒnɪʃ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ADMONISH

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Admonish is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb admonish in English.

WHAT DOES ADMONISH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Admonition

Admonition is a punishment under Scots law when an offender has been found guilty but is neither imprisoned nor fined but receives verbal discipline and is afterwards set free; the conviction is still recorded. This can be compared to an absolute discharge where a conviction is not recorded. It is usually the result of either the strict application of law where no real wrong has been caused or where other circumstances make further punishment unjust in the circumstances specific to the case involved.

Definition of admonish in the English dictionary

The definition of admonish in the dictionary is to reprove firmly but not harshly. Other definition of admonish is to advise to do or against doing something; warn; caution.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO ADMONISH

PRESENT

Present
I admonish
you admonish
he/she/it admonishes
we admonish
you admonish
they admonish
Present continuous
I am admonishing
you are admonishing
he/she/it is admonishing
we are admonishing
you are admonishing
they are admonishing
Present perfect
I have admonished
you have admonished
he/she/it has admonished
we have admonished
you have admonished
they have admonished
Present perfect continuous
I have been admonishing
you have been admonishing
he/she/it has been admonishing
we have been admonishing
you have been admonishing
they have been admonishing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I admonished
you admonished
he/she/it admonished
we admonished
you admonished
they admonished
Past continuous
I was admonishing
you were admonishing
he/she/it was admonishing
we were admonishing
you were admonishing
they were admonishing
Past perfect
I had admonished
you had admonished
he/she/it had admonished
we had admonished
you had admonished
they had admonished
Past perfect continuous
I had been admonishing
you had been admonishing
he/she/it had been admonishing
we had been admonishing
you had been admonishing
they had been admonishing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will admonish
you will admonish
he/she/it will admonish
we will admonish
you will admonish
they will admonish
Future continuous
I will be admonishing
you will be admonishing
he/she/it will be admonishing
we will be admonishing
you will be admonishing
they will be admonishing
Future perfect
I will have admonished
you will have admonished
he/she/it will have admonished
we will have admonished
you will have admonished
they will have admonished
Future perfect continuous
I will have been admonishing
you will have been admonishing
he/she/it will have been admonishing
we will have been admonishing
you will have been admonishing
they will have been admonishing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would admonish
you would admonish
he/she/it would admonish
we would admonish
you would admonish
they would admonish
Conditional continuous
I would be admonishing
you would be admonishing
he/she/it would be admonishing
we would be admonishing
you would be admonishing
they would be admonishing
Conditional perfect
I would have admonish
you would have admonish
he/she/it would have admonish
we would have admonish
you would have admonish
they would have admonish
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been admonishing
you would have been admonishing
he/she/it would have been admonishing
we would have been admonishing
you would have been admonishing
they would have been admonishing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you admonish
we let´s admonish
you admonish
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to admonish
Past participle
admonished
Present Participle
admonishing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ADMONISH


astonish
əˈstɒnɪʃ
banish
ˈbænɪʃ
corniche
ˈkɔːnɪʃ
Cornish
ˈkɔːnɪʃ
Danish
ˈdeɪnɪʃ
diminish
dɪˈmɪnɪʃ
donnish
ˈdɒnɪʃ
finish
ˈfɪnɪʃ
Finnish
ˈfɪnɪʃ
furnish
ˈfɜːnɪʃ
garnish
ˈɡɑːnɪʃ
preadmonish
ˌpriːədˈmɒnɪʃ
premonish
prɪˈmɒnɪʃ
punish
ˈpʌnɪʃ
Spanish
ˈspænɪʃ
tonish
ˈtɒnɪʃ
tonnish
ˈtɒnɪʃ
vanish
ˈvænɪʃ
varnish
ˈvɑːnɪʃ
wannish
ˈwɒnɪʃ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ADMONISH

admissive
admit
admittable
admittance
admitted
admittedly
admittee
admitter
admitting
admitting office
admix
admixture
admonisher
admonishingly
admonishment
admonition
admonitive
admonitor
admonitorily
admonitory

WORDS THAT END LIKE ADMONISH

baboonish
brownish
buffoonish
cartoonish
dragonish
dronish
gloss finish
gluttonish
greenish
hornish
jargonish
lemonish
mammonish
moonish
nish
parsonish
refinish
soonish
tarnish
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Synonyms and antonyms of admonish in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «ADMONISH»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «admonish» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of admonish

Translation of «admonish» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ADMONISH

Find out the translation of admonish to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of admonish from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «admonish» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

amonestan
570 millions of speakers

English

admonish
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

धिक्कारना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

توجيه اللوم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

увещевать
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

admoestar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সতর্ক করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

admonester
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Peringatkan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

ermahnen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

戒める
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

훈계
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ngelingake
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nhắc
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அச்சமூட்டி எச்சரிக்கை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

धिक्कारणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ihtar etmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ammonire
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

upomnieć
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

перестерігати
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

îndemna
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

επιπλήξει
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vermaan
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tillrätta
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

formane
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of admonish

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ADMONISH»

The term «admonish» is regularly used and occupies the 102.553 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ADMONISH» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «admonish» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «admonish» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about admonish

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2 QUOTES WITH «ADMONISH»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word admonish.
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David Bradley
I'm not exactly watching my back. Most people, there's a twinkle when they admonish me. And I've watched a lot of footage on YouTube of people's reactions to watching me.
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Barbara Jordan
We call ourselves public servants but I'll tell you this: we as public servants must set an example for the rest of the nation. It is hypocritical for the public official to admonish and exhort the people to uphold the common good.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ADMONISH»

Discover the use of admonish in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to admonish and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Kühner's Latin grammar: with exercises, Latin reader and ...
I. Present. moneo, I admonish j monSs, thou ad. monishest mone(, he, she, it| admonishes monemws, we admonish money's, you admonish monenf, they admonish moneum, I may ad. moneds, thou mayest admonish moneffi, he, she, it may ...
Raphael Kühner, 1853
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Pastoral Care
How to admonish those who fear afflictions and those who despise them 126 14. How to admonish the taciturn and the talkative 129 15. How to admonish the slothful and the hasty 134 16. How to admonish the meek and the choleric 136 17.
Pope Gregory I, 1950
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Elementary Grammar of the Latin Language: With a Series of ...
Subjunctive. I. Present. moneo, I admonish mones,thou admon- ishest montt, he, she, it admonishes monimus, we admonish mone(ii, you admonish moneni, they admonish monedm, I may ad. mone<u, thou mayest admonish moned(, he, she, ...
Raphael Kühner, 1845
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'The Son of Man': Or Contributions to the Study of the ...
Admonish thy (toy) friend, it may be he hath not said [it], and, if he hath said it, [ admonish him] that he may not say it a second time. Admonish a friend, for often it is a slander, and trust not every tale.... Admonish thy neighbour (rbv Tr\t]<siov oov ) ...
Edwin A. Abbott, 2014
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English Synonymes Explained, in Alphabetical Order
ADMONISH. The ADMI'ITANCE to public places of entertainment is on particular occasions difficult. The ADMISSION of irregularities, however trifling in the commencement, is mostly attended with serious consequences. - Assurance never ...
George Crabb, 1816
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The Friends' Library: Comprising Journals, Doctrinal ...
In one of his epistles he thus writes :—' Now, concerning Gospel order, though the doctrine of Jesus Christ requireth his people to admonish a brother or sister twice, before they tell the church; yet that limiteth none, so as they shall use no ...
William Evans, Thomas Evans, 1838
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A Practical Grammar of the Latin Language; with Perpetual ...
For the Use of Schools, Colleges, and Private Learners George J. Adler. Active Voice. — Continued. Imperative Mood. Presekt. 1. S. ilm-il; P. Me, love thou, love ye. 2. S. mon-G ; P. ete, admonish thou, admonish ye. 8. S. If g-e ; P. lte, read thou , ...
George J. Adler, 1858
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The works of John Robinson: pastor of the Pilgrim Fathers
If the officers alone be the church to be told, and to admonish and judge the offender, for there is one, and the same church for all these, then it must follow, that if the officers admonish, the church also admonisheth, and on the contrary, that if ...
John Robinson, Robert Ashton, 1851
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English synonymes explained with illustrations and exemples ...
ADMONISH. The ADMITTANCE to public" places of entertainment is on particular occasions diflicult. The ADMISSION of irregularities, however trifling in the commencement, is mostly attended with serious conSequences. Assurance never ...
George Crabb, 1824
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A Journal of the Life of that Ancient Servant of Christ John ...
Pray Mr. Wilson, said he to the high priest (the same who came before to our meeting to persecute uf,. after be had been at that called his sacrament) Do you admonish him ? Upon which 1 looked for some information and counsel ; but all ...
John Gratton, 1795

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ADMONISH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term admonish is used in the context of the following news items.
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Learning to hurt so that we don't harm
Admonish. Relinquish. Say “no.” Detach. In some cases protest. Bark. Say “Stop!” We refuse. We say, “You are utterly wrong to think/feel that ... «Las Vegas Review-Journal, Jul 15»
2
Moseley: Not all Muslims are terrorists, and not all things …
The government and media admonish Americans not to blame Islam, that these groups are a small minority and do not represent the majority of ... «Roanoke Times, Jul 15»
3
Keep the crazy away from sharp objects and sharp comments
"When you call someone "mentally ill" in this culture it's a way to admonish people not to listen to them, to ignore anything they say about their ... «Enter Stage Right, Jul 15»
4
Pilgrimage has become a huge business in government — Adejuwon
I entreat Lagos state government to commence its application for the national theatre; I also want to admonish the Federal Government to let go ... «Gbooza, Jul 15»
5
Donald Trump top with Republicans and defends Mexican …
The rise comes as public figures and businesses continue to admonish Trump because of the comments saying that those crossing the border ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
6
Why we're so confused about Amy Winehouse
She knows what it's like to be hit and for it to feel like a kiss, but when the bruises faded, she can laugh at and admonish herself. From the start ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
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Our relationship with the auto is about to change
... as if to admonish, yet with the utmost discretion -- really, you can drive better than this. A more audible or dramatic scold might embarrass the ... «Chicago Daily Herald, Jul 15»
8
Enough! Stop More Giant Truck-Trailers on Your Highways
... number (1-202-224-3121) and ask the always polite operator to transfer you to the Senators or Representatives whom you wish to admonish ... «Dissident Voice, Jul 15»
9
Can Tim Hunt say whatever he likes because he is a 'good guy'?
The article is really saying that his group (middle/upper class men) knows best and has the right to “admonish the others for incompetence”. «Cyprus Mail, Jul 15»
10
Sex, Race, and Marriage…
Unless we are willing to publicly and legally admonish the ease in which we can get divorced and take an honest look at how we contributed to ... «Patheos, Jul 15»

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