Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

send one's apologies

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.72 in modern English

Syllables: send one's apolo-gies
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To formally notify a group that one cannot attend a meeting or event.

Inflected Forms

sends one's apologies (present, singular) sending one's apologies (participle, present) sent one's apologies (participle, past) sent one's apologies (past)

Questions

What does send one's apologies mean?: To formally notify a group that one cannot attend a meeting or event.

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