blame
To assert or consider that someone is the cause of something negativeTo assert or consider that someone is the cause of something negative; to place blame; to attribute responsibility (for something negative or for doing something negative).
» Tom can't blame anyone but himself.
Том не может винить никого, кроме самого себя.
Тому некого винить, кроме самого себя.
Том не може звинувачувати нікого, окрім самого себе.
Meaning
4 senses(transitive, usually)To assert or consider that someone is the cause of something negative; to place blame; to attribute responsibility (for something negative or for doing something negative).
The student driver was blamed for the accident.
After what happened at the wedding, I wouldn't blame you if you never spoke to them again.
beschuldigen, verantwortlich machen
вини́тьvinítʹ, обвиня́тьobvinjátʹ, обвини́тьobvinítʹ
вини́тиvynýty, винува́титиvynuvátyty, звинува́чуватиzvynuváčuvaty
attribute responsibility to
(transitive)To assert the cause of some bad event.
We blamed the accident on the student driver.
To censure (someone or something); to criticize.
(obsolete)To bring into disrepute.
Examples
1625 sentencesTom can't blame anyone but himself.
Том не може звинувачувати нікого, окрім самого себе.
ruТом не может винить никого, кроме самого себя.
Don't blame me for your mistakes.
Не звинувачуй мене у своїх помилках.
ruНе вини меня в своих ошибках.
We can't blame Tom, can we?
Ми ж не можемо звинувачувати Тома?
Tom is to blame as well.
У цьому провина й Тома.
Who's to blame for the accident?
Хто винен у цій аварії?
ruКто виновен в этой аварии?
deWer trägt die Schuld an dem Unfall?
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English blamen, borrowed from Old French blasmer, from Late Latin blasphēmāreFrom Middle English blamen, borrowed from Old French blasmer, from Late Latin blasphēmāre (“to reproach, to revile”), from Ancient Greek βλασφημέω (blasphēméō). Compare blaspheme, a doublet. Overtook common use from the native wite (“to blame, accuse, reproach, suspect”) (from Middle English wīten, from Old English wītan).
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Forms
blames, blaming, blamed, blamedSynonyms
158 synonyms- attribute responsibility to:charge
- put or pin the blame on:fault
- harass with constant criticism:find faultpick
Antonyms
4 antonymsWord family
11 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
12 patterns- can't blame
- to blame for
- blamed for the
- is to blame
- be blamed for
- blame yourself
- blame yourself for
- take the blame
- partly to blame
- blamed each other
- try to blame
- blame others for