| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To excuse, pardon, forgive, justify or condone.[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. Present participle conjugation of the verb apologize.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (apologize) | 1. Acknowledge faults or shortcomings or failing; "I apologized for being late"; "He apologized for the many typoes".[Wordnet]. 2. Defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning.[Wordnet]. 3. To make an apology or defense.[Websters]. 4. To make an apology or excuse; to make acknowledgment of some fault or offense, with expression of regret for it, by way of amends; -- with for; as, my correspondent apologized for not answering my letter.[Websters]. 5. To defend.[Websters]. 6. Base verb from the following inflections: apologizing, apologized, apologizes, apologizer, apologizers, apologizingly and apologizedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "APOLOGIZING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1611. (references) |
Specialty Definition: apologize
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Satire | APOLOGIZE, v.i. To lay the foundation for a future offence. Source: Devil's Dictionary | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] To make an apology; to write or speak in favor of, or to make excuse for; followed by for; as, my correspondent apologized for not answering my letter.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Verb] (intransitive) To express regret that an event has occurred. (references) | 2: [Verb] (intransitive) To make an apology or defence. (references) | 3: [Verb] (intransitive, often with “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. (references) |
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Common Expressions: apologize
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| We apologize for the inconvenience | According to Douglas Adams' book series The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, "We apologise for the inconvenience" were God's final words to his creation, written in gigantic letters of fire. (references) | ||
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Topics by Level of Interest: apologize | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Apologize (song) | 43 | Apologize (song) | 43 | |
| I Apologize | 11 | I Apologize | 11 | |
| Lord, I Apologize | 7 | I Apologize (album) | 6 | |
| I Apologize (album) | 6 | I Apologize (song) | 3 | |
| I Apologize (song) | 3 | Lord, I Apologize | 7 | |
Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
