A1noun · frequent

sorry

sorry · sorries · sorrys

The act of saying sorryThe act of saying sorry; an apology.

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UK/ˈsɒɹi/US/ˈsɑɹi/

» I'm sorry, I can't stay long.

Es tut mir leid, ich kann nicht lange bleiben. — MUIRIEL

Entschuldigen Sie! Ich kann nicht lange bleiben. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Извините, я не могу остаться надолго. — Lenin_1917

Вибачте, я не можу залишитися надовго. — ChickenKiev

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Meaning

1 senses

The act of saying sorry; an apology.

Examples

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I'm sorry, I can't stay long.
Вибачте, я не можу залишитися надовго. — ChickenKiev
ruИзвините, я не могу остаться надолго. — Lenin_1917
deEs tut mir leid, ich kann nicht lange bleiben. — MUIRIEL
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I'm sorry, I don't have change.
Перепрошую, у мене немає здачі. — deniko
ruИзвините, у меня нет мелочи. — Hellerick
deTut mir leid, ich habe kein Kleingeld. — MUIRIEL
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I'm very sorry about the mistake.
Мені дуже шкода із-за помилки. — deniko
ruЯ сожалею об этой ошибке. — Balamax
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We are sorry for his mistake.
Ми перепрошуємо за його помилку. — deniko
ruМы сожалеем о его ошибке. — fjay69
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I'm very sorry to hear that.
Мені дуже шкода це чути. — aandrusiak
ruМне очень жаль это слышать. — al_ex_an_der
deEs tut mir sehr leid, das zu hören. — Chris
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Origin

From Middle English sory, from Old English sāriġ (“feeling or expressing grief, sorry, gri

From Middle English sory, from Old English sāriġ (“feeling or expressing grief, sorry, grieved, sorrowful, sad, mournful, bitter”), from Proto-West Germanic *sairag, from Proto-Germanic *sairagaz (“sad”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂yro (“hard, rough, painful”). Cognate with Scots sairie (“sad, grieved”), Saterland Frisian seerich (“sore, inflamed”), West Frisian searich (“sad, sorry”), Low German serig (“sick, scabby”), German dialectal sehrig (“sore, sad, painful”), Swedish sårig. By surface analysis, sor(e) + -y. Unrelated to sorrow despite the similarity in form and meaning.

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Forms

plural: sorries / sorrys

Singular	sorry
Plural	sorries / sorrys

regular

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

B2Intonation — Because the lesson uses it

Collocations

12 patterns

feel sorry for
sorry but
feel sorry
sorry for what
very sorry for
sorry to hear
felt sorry for
feeling sorry for
really sorry
sorry about what
sorry for the
be very sorry