condescend
verb (condescend, condescends, condescended, condescending)
Everyday
To do something you think is below your dignity, or to agree to do something kindly as a favour to someone you see as lower than you. tree →
In the lessons
in tales, a proud person who will not answer, or a grand lady who graciously lets others come in
Examples
- I would not condescend to answer such a rude question. tree →
- Please condescend to enter our house. tree →
- The queen condescended to visit the village school. tree →
Note
nothing for maths
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «condescend» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «condescend» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
This page in Markdown → https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/condescend/