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apologise
Overview of verb apologise
The verb apologise has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. apologize, apologise, excuse, justify, rationalize, rationalise -- (defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning; "rationalize the child's seemingly crazy behavior"; "he rationalized his lack of success")
2. apologize, apologise -- (acknowledge faults or shortcomings or failing; "I apologized for being late"; "He apologized for the many typoes")
Antonyms of verb apologise
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb apologise
2 senses of apologise
Sense 1
apologize, apologise, excuse, justify, rationalize, rationalise
=> defend, support, fend for
=> argue, reason
=> present, represent, lay out
=> state, say, tell
=> express, verbalize, verbalise, utter, give tongue to
Sense 2
apologize, apologise
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb apologise
1 of 2 senses of apologise
Sense 1
apologize, apologise, excuse, justify, rationalize, rationalise
=> color, colour, gloss
=> plead
=> extenuate, palliate, mitigate
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb apologise
2 senses of apologise
Sense 1
apologize, apologise, excuse, justify, rationalize, rationalise
=> defend, support, fend for
Sense 2
apologize, apologise
'Cause To' of verb apologise
Derived Forms of verb apologise
2 senses of apologise
Sense 1
apologize, apologise, excuse, justify, rationalize, rationalise
RELATED TO>(noun) apology#2
=> apology, apologia
RELATED TO>(noun) apology#1
=> apology
Sense 2
apologize, apologise
RELATED TO>(noun) apology#1
=> apology
Domain of verb apologise
Domain Terms of verb apologise
Familiarity of verb apologise
apologise used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb apologise
2 senses of apologise
Sense 1
apologize, apologise, excuse, justify, rationalize, rationalise
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
apologize, apologise
*> Somebody ----s
*> Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
*> Somebody ----s to somebody
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb apologise
1 of 2 senses of apologise
Sense 1
apologize, apologise, excuse, justify, rationalize, rationalise
> defend, support, fend for
=> apologize, apologise, excuse, justify, rationalize, rationalise
=> stand up, stick up
=> uphold
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb apologise
Sense 1
apologize, apologise, excuse, justify, rationalize, rationalise
=> defend, support, fend for
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Sense 2
apologize, apologise
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Grep of verb apologise
apologise
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