punished

«punished» in Mova's school dictionary: made to suffer something unpleasant because you did… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb form (past and past participle of punish: punished); adjective

meaning for a pupil

1) Punished means made to suffer something unpleasant because you did something wrong or broke a rule. tree →

2) As an adjective, punished describes someone who has received a punishment. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life and school, children may be punished with a time-out, losing a privilege or a detention for breaking rules; adults may be punished by law with fines or prison. In stories, villains are often punished in the end, which tells the reader that wrongdoing has consequences. In manners and fairness lessons, a punishment should be fair and fit what was done; punishing the whole class for one person can feel unfair. Phrases: «punished for», «be punished», «go unpunished».

examples

• He was punished for breaking the window. tree →
• The wicked queen was punished at the end of the story. tree →
• She felt punished, even though it wasn't her fault. tree →
• The whole class was punished because of one person's joke. tree →
• You won't be punished for telling the truth. tree →
• Cheaters should be punished. tree →
• In the old days, thieves were punished harshly. tree →
• The crime went unpunished. tree →
• "You are being punished, king's son." tree →

note

Past of «punish»: punish, punishes, punished, punishing. «Punished for» + the wrong thing: «punished for lying». Noun: punishment. Punishment is not the same as abuse: hurting a child is never an acceptable punishment, and a child who is hurt should tell a trusted adult.

In the corpora

• You are not being punished when the answer is "not this month".
• A growl is a warning, not rudeness; a dog that is punished for growling may learn to bite without warning.
• "Invited to see the head" means sent to the head teacher to be punished.
• Fear of being punished is the most common reason people lie.
• Blaming someone else for what you did hurts them twice: they get punished and they lose trust in you.

Trees and pragmatics

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