"alibi" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈæl.ə.baɪ/ [US] Audio: en-us-alibi.ogg Forms: alibis [plural]
Etymology: From the 18th century, from Latin alibī (“elsewhere, at another place”, adverb). Probably after French alibi, which has this use since the late 14th century. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|alibī||elsewhere, at another place|pos=adv}} Latin alibī (“elsewhere, at another place”, adverb), {{der|en|fr|alibi}} French alibi Head templates: {{en-noun}} alibi (plural alibis)
  1. (law) The plea or mode of defense under which a person on trial for a crime proves or attempts to prove being in another place when the alleged act was committed. Categories (topical): Law Translations (criminal legal defense): دَفْع بِالْغَائِبَة (dafʕ bi-l-ḡāʔiba) [masculine] (Arabic), حُجَّة غِيَاب (alt: ḥujja(t) ḡiyāb) [feminine] (Arabic), ալիբի (alibi) (Armenian), այլուրեքություն (aylurekʻutʻyun) (Armenian), а́лібі (álibi) [neuter] (Belarusian), coartada (Catalan), 不在場證明 (Chinese Mandarin), 不在场证明 (bùzàichǎng zhèngmíng) (Chinese Mandarin), alibi [neuter] (Czech), alibi (Danish), alibi [neuter] (Dutch), alibio (Esperanto), alibi (Finnish), alibi [masculine] (French), Alibi [neuter] (German), άλλοθι (állothi) [neuter] (Greek), alibi (Hungarian), fjarvistarsönnun [feminine] (Icelandic), alibi (Indonesian), alibi [masculine] (Italian), アリバイ (aribai) (Japanese), 現場不在証明 (genjōfuzaishōmei) (alt: げんじょうふざいしょうめい) (Japanese), ಅಲಿಬಿ (alibi) (Kannada), 알리바이 (allibai) (Korean), 알리비 (allibi) (Korean), ຫຼັກຖານທີ່ຢູ່ (lak thān thī yū) (Lao), अन्यत्र उपस्थिति (anyatra upasthiti) (Marathi), alibi (Norwegian), alibi [neuter] (Polish), álibi [masculine] (Portuguese), а́либи (álibi) [neuter] (Russian), alibi [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), alibi [neuter] (Slovak), coartada [feminine] (Spanish), alibi [neuter] (Swedish), หลักฐานที่อยู่ (Thai)
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  2. (sometimes proscribed) An excuse, especially one used to avoid responsibility or blame. Tags: proscribed, sometimes Translations (excuse): عُذْر (ʕuḏr) [masculine] (Arabic), 藉口 (Chinese Mandarin), 借口 (jièkǒu) (Chinese Mandarin), veruke (Finnish), Alibi [neuter] (German), Rechtfertigung [feminine] (German), Ausrede [feminine] (German), Entschuldigung [feminine] (German), άλλοθι (állothi) [neuter] (Greek), δικαιολογία (dikaiología) [feminine] (Greek), alibi [masculine] (Italian), alibi [neuter] (Polish), desculpa [feminine] (Portuguese), excusa [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-alibi-en-noun-NXVlmyHa Disambiguation of 'excuse': 8 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: alibi copy, Alibi Ike, alibiless, nonalibi, unalibied

Verb

IPA: /ˈæl.ə.baɪ/ [US] Audio: en-us-alibi.ogg Forms: alibis [present, singular, third-person], alibies [present, singular, third-person], alibiing [participle, present], alibied [participle, past], alibied [past]
Etymology: From the 18th century, from Latin alibī (“elsewhere, at another place”, adverb). Probably after French alibi, which has this use since the late 14th century. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|alibī||elsewhere, at another place|pos=adv}} Latin alibī (“elsewhere, at another place”, adverb), {{der|en|fr|alibi}} French alibi Head templates: {{en-verb|pres_3sg2=alibies}} alibi (third-person singular simple present alibis or alibies, present participle alibiing, simple past and past participle alibied)
  1. To provide an alibi for.
    Sense id: en-alibi-en-verb-LsekpHFj
  2. To provide an excuse for.
    Sense id: en-alibi-en-verb-4MKULfFU

Inflected forms

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          "text": "to set up an alibi",
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        "(law) The plea or mode of defense under which a person on trial for a crime proves or attempts to prove being in another place when the alleged act was committed."
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          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "dafʕ bi-l-ḡāʔiba",
          "sense": "criminal legal defense",
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          "word": "دَفْع بِالْغَائِبَة"
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          "alt": "ḥujja(t) ḡiyāb",
          "code": "ar",
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          "sense": "criminal legal defense",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "حُجَّة غِيَاب"
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          "roman": "alibi",
          "sense": "criminal legal defense",
          "word": "ալիբի"
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          "roman": "aylurekʻutʻyun",
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          "sense": "criminal legal defense",
          "word": "不在場證明"
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          "code": "cmn",
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          "roman": "bùzàichǎng zhèngmíng",
          "sense": "criminal legal defense",
          "word": "不在场证明"
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          "sense": "criminal legal defense",
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          "sense": "criminal legal defense",
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          "sense": "criminal legal defense",
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          "word": "alibi"
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "criminal legal defense",
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          "word": "Alibi"
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          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "állothi",
          "sense": "criminal legal defense",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "άλλοθι"
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          "code": "hu",
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          "sense": "criminal legal defense",
          "word": "alibi"
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          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "criminal legal defense",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "fjarvistarsönnun"
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          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "criminal legal defense",
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          "code": "ja",
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          "roman": "aribai",
          "sense": "criminal legal defense",
          "word": "アリバイ"
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          "alt": "げんじょうふざいしょうめい",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "genjōfuzaishōmei",
          "sense": "criminal legal defense",
          "word": "現場不在証明"
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          "code": "kn",
          "lang": "Kannada",
          "roman": "alibi",
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          "word": "ಅಲಿಬಿ"
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          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "allibai",
          "sense": "criminal legal defense",
          "word": "알리바이"
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "allibi",
          "sense": "criminal legal defense",
          "word": "알리비"
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          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "lak thān thī yū",
          "sense": "criminal legal defense",
          "word": "ຫຼັກຖານທີ່ຢູ່"
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          "code": "mr",
          "lang": "Marathi",
          "roman": "anyatra upasthiti",
          "sense": "criminal legal defense",
          "word": "अन्यत्र उपस्थिति"
        },
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          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "criminal legal defense",
          "word": "alibi"
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "criminal legal defense",
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            "neuter"
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          "word": "alibi"
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "criminal legal defense",
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          "word": "álibi"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "álibi",
          "sense": "criminal legal defense",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "а́либи"
        },
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          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "criminal legal defense",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "alibi"
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          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "criminal legal defense",
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          "word": "alibi"
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        {
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "criminal legal defense",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "coartada"
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "criminal legal defense",
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          "word": "alibi"
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        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "sense": "criminal legal defense",
          "word": "หลักฐานที่อยู่"
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        "2": "fr",
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      },
      "expansion": "French alibi",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the 18th century, from Latin alibī (“elsewhere, at another place”, adverb). Probably after French alibi, which has this use since the late 14th century.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "alibis",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "alibies",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "alibiing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "alibied",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "alibied",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "pres_3sg2": "alibies"
      },
      "expansion": "alibi (third-person singular simple present alibis or alibies, present participle alibiing, simple past and past participle alibied)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To provide an alibi for."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "alibi",
          "alibi#Noun"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To provide an excuse for."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "excuse",
          "excuse"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈæl.ə.baɪ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/50/En-us-alibi.ogg/En-us-alibi.ogg.mp3",
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    }
  ],
  "word": "alibi"
}

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