accuse

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: əkyo͞ozʹ, IPA ^(key): /əˈkjuːz/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /əˈkjuz/

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• Hyphenation: ac‧cuse

Verb

Plain form accuse

Third-person singular accuses

Past tense accused

Past participle accused

Present participle accusing

1. (transitive & intransitive) If you accuse someone, you say they did something, usually something bad.

   Tim accuses Bill of the crime.

Related words

• accusation
• accuser
• accusative