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# condescend

verb (condescend, condescends, condescended, condescending)

«condescend» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/condescend/#m1)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/condescend/#x1)
- Please condescend to enter our house. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/condescend/#x2)
- The queen condescended to visit the village school. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/condescend/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «condescend» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/condescend/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«condescend» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/condescend.html) on Mova free.