apologise

/əˈpɒl.ə.dʒaɪz/

verba · pol · o · gise

Think: "A POLite person Ought to GIVe an apology" → a-POL-o-gise.

Yes, it's apologise. Remember the middle is **-polog-** (like **apology**) and in British spelling it ends **-ise**, not **-ize**.

Definition

  1. verbto say you are sorry for something you did or for a mistake

Examples

  • I need to apologise for being late to the meeting.
  • She wrote an email to apologise to her teacher.
  • If you break the rules, you should apologise and try to make it right.

Synonyms

say sorryregretmake amendsexpress remorseatone

Antonyms

refuseblame

Translations

ES disculparsePT pedir desculpasFR s’excuser

Common misspellings

apoligiseapolagizeapoligizeappologiseapologizeapologise

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