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How to pronounce “excuse”
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Pronunciation guide for excuse
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of excuse with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Larry Smith: 你为何不会成就伟业 15 minutes,
you'll feel like you're an idiot, so then you make excuses
- Definition summary
- (transitive) To forgive; to pardon; to overlook.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce excuse
Larry Smith: 你为何不会成就伟业 15 minutes,
you'll feel like you're an idiot, so then you make excuses
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “excuse”
Meaning
- [Verb]
- (transitive) To forgive; to pardon; to overlook.
- (transitive) To allow to leave, or release from any obligation.
- (transitive) To provide an excuse for; to justify.
- To relieve of an imputation by apology or defense; to make apology for as not seriously evil; to ask pardon or indulgence for.
- [Noun]
- (countable, uncountable) An explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgment; a plea offered in extenuation of a fault.
- (law) A defense to a criminal or civil charge wherein the accused party admits to doing acts for which legal consequences would normally be appropriate, but asserts that special circumstances relieve that party of culpability for having done those acts.
- (often with preceding negative adjective, especially sorry, poor, or lame) An example of something that is substandard or of inferior quality.
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