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I am sorry

I am sorry is the alternative form of I'm sorry.

Meaning of I'm sorry

Phrase

I'm sorry

  1. Indicates the speaker's apology.
  2. Indicates the speaker's commiseration.
  3. Indicates that the speaker is confused or requests information to be repeated; come again?, say again?, I beg your pardon?

Questions about I am sorry

What is I am sorry the alternative form of?
I am sorry is the alternative form of I'm sorry.

Words near I am sorry in the dictionary

  1. I am hungry
  2. I am inside of you
  3. I am inside you
  4. I am not
  5. I am rubber, you are glue
  6. I am sorry
  7. I am thirsty
  8. I am tired
  9. I am twenty years old
  10. I am what I am
  11. I and I

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Adapted from Wiktionary: I am sorry (page history and authors); I'm sorry (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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