apologise

Other forms of apologise

past tense

apologised·

present participle

apologising·

third person

apologises·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about apologise

What does apologise mean?

apologise means "defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in apologise?

apologise has 4 syllables: a-po-lo-gise. The stress falls on "po". In IPA it is /əˈpɑləˌdʒaɪz/.

What is another word for apologise?

Close synonyms include apologize, excuse, rationalize, rationalise, apologize. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is apologise a common word?

apologise is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with apologise?

3 words rhyme with apologise. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.