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Grammar : Noun
Spell : proh-bey-shuh n
Phonetic Transcription : proʊˈbeɪ ʃən



Définition of probation

Origin :
  • early 15c., "trial, experiment, test," from Old French probacion "proof, evidence" (14c., Modern French probation) and directly from Latin probationem (nominative probatio) "approval, assent; a proving, trial, inspection, examination," noun of action from past participle stem of probare "to test" (see prove). Meaning "testing of a person's conduct" (especially as a trial period for membership) is from early 15c.; theological sense first recorded 1520s; criminal justice sense is recorded by 1866. As a verb from 1640s. Related: Probationer; probationary.
  • noun trial period
Example sentences :
  • There is nothing about the earth-life to make it the only phase of effort and probation.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • Miss Grange, who had been kind to Sidney in her probation months, taught her the method.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • But this was only his second detection, and three of his four days of probation were past.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • The first time you've ever warned me that I was on probation, Sally!
  • Extract from : « The Dominant Strain » by Anna Chapin Ray
  • His state of probation is closed, and he goes to the place for which he is prepared.
  • Extract from : « Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 1 July 1848 » by Various
  • One may object that I had a year of probation, as it is called, and that I was of ripe age.
  • Extract from : « Erasmus and the Age of Reformation » by Johan Huizinga
  • They're on probation—we haven't decided yet what to do about them.
  • Extract from : « Masters of Space » by Edward Elmer Smith
  • My secretary had been elevated to avuncular rank after a probation of just three hours.
  • Extract from : « The Right Stuff » by Ian Hay
  • But Van Diemen's Land was the chief sphere of the probation system.
  • Extract from : « The History of Tasmania , Volume II (of 2) » by John West
  • It would be no kindness to a man with his ideas to take him on probation.
  • Extract from : « A Fearful Responsibility and Other Stories » by William D. Howells

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