All 10 Uses of
probation
in
Harry Potter (#5) and the Order of the Phoenix
- '… may well choose to leave… the indignity of it… on probation… we shall see… how she dares…'†
Chpt 17 *
- She obviously reckons Trelawney's an old fraud, too… looks like she's put her on probation.†
Chpt 17
- Trelawney's on probation already…'†
Chpt 20
- Between his Quidditch ban and worry about whether or not Hagrid was going to be put on probation, he felt highly resentful towards the place at the moment.†
Chpt 21
- 'Jus' busy, yeh know, usual stuff — lessons ter prepare — couple o' salamanders got scale rot — an' I'm on probation,' he mumbled.†
Chpt 25
- 'You're on probation?' said Ron very loudly, so that many of the passing students looked around curiously.†
Chpt 25
- 'Sorry — I mean — you're on probation?' he whispered.†
Chpt 25
- * The fact that Hagrid was now on probation became common knowledge within the school over the next few days, but to Harry's indignation, hardly anybody appeared to be upset about it; indeed, some people, Draco Malfoy prominent among them, seemed positively gleeful.†
Chpt 25
- Under the terms of Educational Decree Number Twenty-three, the High Inquisitor of Hogwarts has the power to inspect, place upon probation and sack any teacher she — that is to say, I — feel is not performing to the standards required by the Ministry of Magic.†
Chpt 26
- Voldemort's got Sirius — 'You are on probation!' shrieked Professor Umbridge, and Snape looked back at her, his eyebrows slightly raised.†
Chpt 32
Definition:
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(probation) a period of testing (especially of person)in various senses, including:
- a period during which a criminal does not have to be in prison as long as they demonstrate good behavior and obey special restrictions
- a period during which a new employee is tried out on the job and during which the employee does not have all the privileges of a regular employee
- a period during which a student's grades or behavior must improve to prevent being kicked out of school