apologize

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Word parts[change]

apology + -ize

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Plain form
apologize

Third-person singular
apologizes

Past tense
apologized

Past participle
apologized

Present participle
apologizing

  1. If you apologize, then you say you are sorry.
    He apologized because he had accidentally bumped into someone.