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# offense

noun (offense, offenses; British spelling «offence», offences)

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

## Everyday

1. An offense is a wrong that someone does, a bad action or a crime. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/offense/#m1)
2. An offense is something that hurts or insults someone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/offense/#m2)
3. In sport an offense is the team that is attacking. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/offense/#m3)

### In the lessons

in tales the offense is the wrong a character does, such as a lie or a trick, which is then punished

### Examples

- For this offense he was sent to prison. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/offense/#x1)
- Calling her names was an offense. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/offense/#x2)
- Taking the cake without asking was his first offense. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/offense/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

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