apologize
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Alternative forms
- apologise (non-Oxford British English)
Etymology
From apology + -ize, from ἀπολογία (apología, “a speech in defense”), from ἀπολογέομαι (apologéomai, “to speak in one’s defense”), from ἀπόλογος (apólogos, “an account, story”), compound of ἀπο- (apo-, “from, off”) and λόγος (lógos, “speech”); compare also ἀπολογίζομαι (apologízomai, “to render an account”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈpɒləd͡ʒaɪz/
- (General American) IPA(key): /əˈpɑləd͡ʒaɪz/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Verb
apologize (third-person singular simple present apologizes, present participle apologizing, simple past and past participle apologized) (American spelling, Oxford British English)
- (intransitive, often followed by “for”) To make an apology or excuse; to acknowledge some fault or offense, with expression of regret for it, by way of amends
- My correspondent apologized for not answering my letter.
- 1856, James Anthony Froude, History of England from the fall of Wolsey to the death of Elizabeth:
- Barnes was commanded, with Garrett and Jerome, to make a public acknowledgment of his errors; and to apologize especially for his insolent language to Gardiner
- 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
- (intransitive) To express regret that a certain event has occurred.
- (intransitive, dated) To make an apologia or defense; to act as apologist.
- 1660, H[enry] More, An Explanation of the Grand Mystery of Godliness; […], London: […] J[ames] Flesher, for W[illiam] Morden […], →OCLC:
- To this purpose the most witty, cautious and subtile ſort of the Pagans apologize for themselves
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
to express regret
to make an apology or defense
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to make an apology or excuse
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References
- “apologize”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Verb
apologize
- inflection of apologizar:
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