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pre-apologize

pre-apologize is the alternative spelling of preapologize.

Meaning of preapologize

Verb

preapologize (third-person singular simple present preapologizes, present participle preapologizing, simple past and past participle preapologized)

  1. (intransitive) To apologize in advance; to make an apology before the fact.
    • Newman was so ashamed of the film, he took out an ad in the Los Angeles Times to pre-apologize to television viewers on the eve of its late-night showing.1989 Oct, Robert Cetti Jr, “Detour: What Drives Paul Newman?”, in Orange Coast Magazine, page 72

Forms of pre-apologize

third-person singular presentpre-apologizes
present participlepre-apologizing
past participlepre-apologized
pastpre-apologized

Questions about pre-apologize

What is pre-apologize the alternative spelling of?
Pre-apologize is the alternative spelling of preapologize.

Words near pre-apologize in the dictionary

  1. pre-announcing
  2. pre-anthropic
  3. pre-AP
  4. pre-Apennine
  5. pre-apologies
  6. pre-apologize
  7. pre-apologized
  8. pre-apologizes
  9. pre-apologizing
  10. pre-apology
  11. pre-apprenticeship

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