"apologize" meaning in English

See apologize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /əˈpɑləd͡ʒaɪz/ [US], /əˈpɒləd͡ʒaɪz/ [UK] Audio: en-us-apologize.ogg [US] Forms: apologize [canonical], apologizes [third-person, singular], apologized [past], apologized [past, participle], apologizing [present, participle]
Etymology: apology + -ize Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|apology|ize}} apology + -ize Head templates: {{verb|apologiz|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you apologize, then you say you are sorry.
    Sense id: simple-apologize-en-verb-kV1okUFi
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -ize
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