excuse me
ex
ɛks
eks
cuse
ˈkju:s
kyoos
me
mi:
mi
/ɛkskjˈuːs mˌiː/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "excuse me"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

āĻŽāĻžāĻĢ āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇āύ, āĻĻ⧁āσāĻ–āĻŋāϤ

said before asking someone a question, as a way of politely getting their attention
excuse me definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Excuse me, where is the nearest bus stop?
āĻŽāĻžāĻĢ āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇āύ, āϏāĻŦāĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϛ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻ¸ā§āϟāĻĒ āϕ⧋āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧ?
02

āĻŽāĻžāĻĢ āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇āύ, āĻĻ⧁āσāĻ–āĻŋāϤ

said to politely ask someone to move or make space so that one can get past them
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Excuse me, I need to pass.
āĻŽāĻžāĻĢ āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇āύ, āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
03

āĻŽāĻžāĻĢ āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇āύ, āĻ•ā§āώāĻŽāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ

said to apologize for interrupting someone
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Excuse me, there ’s someone at the door for you.
āĻŽāĻžāĻĢ āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇āύ, āĻĻāϰāϜāĻžāϝāĻŧ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϕ⧇āω āĻāϏ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŽāĻžāĻĢ āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇āύ, āĻĻ⧁āσāĻ–āĻŋāϤ

said to politely inform someone that one is going to leave or talk to another person
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Excuse me, I ’ll be back shortly.
āĻŽāĻžāĻĢ āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇āύ, āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻļā§€āĻ˜ā§āϰāχ āĻĢāĻŋāϰ⧇ āφāϏāĻŦāĨ¤
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āĻ•ā§āώāĻŽāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇āύ, āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽ āύāĻž āϕ⧋āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϝāĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤

said to apologize when one makes a rude noise or does something wrong
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Oh, excuse me. I did n’t notice you were standing so close.
āĻ“āĻš, āĻ•ā§āώāĻŽāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇āύāĨ¤ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϝ⧇ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻāϤ āĻ•āĻžāϛ⧇āχ āĻĻāĻžāρāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āφāϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
06

āĻŽāĻžāĻĢ āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇āύ, āĻ•āĻŋ?

said to ask someone to repeat what they have said because it could not be heard
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
" Please fill out this form. " " Excuse me? "
ÂĢ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ—ā§āϰāĻš āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻāχ āĻĢāĻ°ā§āĻŽāϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§‚āϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύāĨ¤ Âģ ÂĢ āĻ•ā§āώāĻŽāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇āύ? Âģ
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āĻŽāĻžāĻĢ āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇āύ

said before one disagrees with someone in order to not be rude or offensive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Excuse me, but I do n't think that's true.
āĻŽāĻžāĻĢ āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇āύ, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻ•āϰāĻŋ āύāĻž āϝ⧇ āĻāϟāĻŋ āϏāĻ¤ā§āϝāĨ¤
LanGeek
āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ