officious

«officious» in Mova's school dictionary: too eager to give help or orders when nobody asked for them — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective

meaning for a pupil

1) Officious means too eager to give help or orders when nobody asked for them. tree →

2) Officious describes a person who behaves as if they are in charge. tree →

sense in the lessons

in stories an officious servant fusses over someone with too much attention, often to please a master

examples

• The officious clerk kept telling us what to do. tree →
• The officious guard checked every bag twice. tree →
• Her officious helpers filled his cup again and again. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «officious» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.