apologize

A2 Topic:Actions & Processes

Also spelled apologise

US /əˈpɑləd͡ʒaɪz/ UK /əˈpɒləd͡ʒaɪz/ See IPA manual

Freq #1405

Meanings

1

verb
To say that you are sorry for something you have done.

He apologized for being late to the meeting.
2

verb
To defend or argue in support of a belief or position.

The writer apologized for his views in a long essay.

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Forms apologisedapologizedapologizesapologizing

Derived forms apologiserapologistapologizableapologizationapologizerapologizinglyoverapologizepreapologizereapologizeunapologizing

Related forms apologetics apology

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Etymology

From apology + -ize, from ἀπολογία (apología, “a speech in defense”), from ἀπολογέομαι (apologéomai, “to speak in one’s defense”), from ἀπόλογος (apólogos, “an account, story”), compound of ἀπο- (apo-, “from, off”) and λόγος (lógos, “speech”); compare also ἀπολογίζομαι (apologízomai, “to render an account”).

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# apologize

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /əˈpɑləd͡ʒaɪz/
**IPA (UK):** /əˈpɒləd͡ʒaɪz/
**Frequency rank:** 1405

## Meanings
1. To say that you are sorry for something you have done.
2. To defend or argue in support of a belief or position.

## Examples
- He apologized for being late to the meeting.
- The writer apologized for his views in a long essay.

## Derived Forms
- apologiser
- apologist
- apologizable
- apologization
- apologizer
- apologizingly
- overapologize
- preapologize
- reapologize
- unapologizing

## Related Forms
- apologetics
- apology

## Roots and Affixes
- Affix: -ize - to make

## Etymology
From apology + -ize, from ἀπολογία (apología, “a speech in defense”), from ἀπολογέομαι (apologéomai, “to speak in one’s defense”), from ἀπόλογος (apólogos, “an account, story”), compound of ἀπο- (apo-, “from, off”) and λόγος (lógos, “speech”); compare also ἀπολογίζομαι (apologízomai, “to render an account”).

## AI Etymology
Apologize comes from apology plus -ize, from ἀπολογία (apología, “a speech in defense”), from ἀπολογέομαι (apologéomai, “to speak in one’s defense”), from ἀπόλογος (apólogos, “an account, story”), compound of ἀπο- (apo-, “from, off”) and λόγος (lógos, “speech”); compare also ἀπολογίζομαι (apologízomai, “to render an account”). The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern verbal form is built from the named base and affix.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

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