Meaning

1 senses

  1. To apologize in advance; to make an apology before the fact.

Origin

From pre- + apologize.

From pre- + apologize.

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Forms

preapologizes, preapologizing, preapologized, preapologized
Base formpreapologize · to preapologize
3rd person singularpreapologizes
Present participlepreapologizing
Past simplepreapologized
Past participlepreapologized

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theypreapologize
he, she, itpreapologizes

Past simpleLesson

all personspreapologized

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave preapologized
he, she, ithas preapologized

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill preapologize

Word family

1 related words
Relatedpreapology

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
preachC1preacherC1prearrangeprecariousprecaution
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