apologize

How to use apologize in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for apologize.

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Editorial note

10% of the time, you'll go back and apologize.

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Quick take

acknowledge faults or shortcomings or failing; "I apologized for being late"; "He apologized for the many typoes"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of apologize gathered in one view.

verb

acknowledge faults or shortcomings or failing; "I apologized for being late"; "He apologized for the many typoes"

verb

defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning; "rationalize the child's seemingly crazy behavior"; "he rationalized his lack of success"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for apologize.

verb

acknowledge faults or shortcomings or failing; "I apologized for being late"; "He apologized for the many typoes"

verb

defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning; "rationalize the child's seemingly crazy behavior"; "he rationalized his lack of success"

Example sentences

10% of the time, you'll go back and apologize.

There's really no need to apologize for this in my opinion.

This should not have been the case, and I apologize on behalf of my former employer.

I apologize.~90 GB of free space on both 128 GB models seems reasonable.

Now, it's time for me to apologize to the community for giving you wrong advice [1].

We sincerely apologize to regretsy and offer our commitment to improve.

That article, by the way, was submitted by one of the people you spammed, and who I wrote an email to to apologize.> it's also completely opt-in - no tricks where you can't find the "x".It's actually opt-out, not opt-in.