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apologizes

apologizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of apologize.

Meaning of apologize

Verb

apologize (third-person singular simple present apologizes, present participle apologizing, simple past and past participle apologized)

  1. (British, English, Oxford, US, intransitive, often) To make an apology or excuse; to acknowledge some fault or offense, with expression of regret for it, by way of amends
    • My correspondent apologized for not answering my letter.
  2. (British, English, Oxford, US, intransitive) To express regret that a certain event has occurred.
  3. (British, English, Oxford, US, dated, intransitive) To make an apologia or defense; to act as apologist.
    • To this purpose the most witty, cautious and subtile ſort of the Pagans apologize for themselves1660, H[enry] More, An Explanation of the Grand Mystery of Godliness; […], London: […] J[ames] Flesher, for W[illiam] Morden […], →OCLC

Questions about apologizes

What is apologizes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Apologizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of apologize.

Words near apologizes in the dictionary

  1. apologizations
  2. apologize
  3. apologized
  4. apologizer
  5. apologizers
  6. apologizes
  7. apologizin'
  8. apologizing
  9. apologizingly
  10. apologizings
  11. apologue

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Adapted from Wiktionary: apologizes (page history and authors); apologize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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