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to apologize
01
to tell a person that one is sorry for having done something wrong
Intransitive: to apologize | to apologize for a mistake or wrongdoing
Grammatical Information
Composition
derived
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
apologize
3rd person singular
apologizes
Present participle
apologizing
Past simple
apologized
Past participle
apologized
Examples
When realizing the mistake, he promptly apologized to his friend for the misunderstanding.
02
to defend or justify one’s actions or beliefs, often through explanation or argument
Intransitive
Examples
The historian apologized for the controversial theory, providing a detailed defense of his research.
Lexical Tree
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