verb Download 🔗Share To act as a patron of; to defend, protect, or support. Examples : "The local bookstore often patronises young, local authors by featuring their books prominently and hosting reading events for them. " attitude action society character Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To make oneself a customer of a business, especially a regular customer. Examples : "We regularly patronise the bakery on Main Street because they have the best bread in town. " business commerce Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To assume a tone of unjustified superiority toward; to talk down to, to treat condescendingly. Examples : ""Please don't patronise me; I understand the instructions perfectly well." " attitude character human communication society moral Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To blame, to reproach. Examples : "The teacher didn't just correct my answer; she seemed to patronise me by saying it was a "childish mistake." " attitude character moral action communication Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading