4 —used as a polite way of starting to say one disagrees with someone Excuse me, but I don't think those figures are entirely accurate. 5 —used as a polite apology for a minor fault or offense, such as laughing, coughing, or burping. 6 US —used as a polite apology for getting in someone's way or bumping into someone Oh, excuse me. I didn't notice you standing there. 7 chiefly US —used as a polite way of asking someone to repeat something.
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4 —used as a polite way of starting to say one disagrees with someone Excuse me, but I don't think those figures are entirely accurate. 6 US —used as a polite apology for getting in someone's way or bumping into someone Oh, excuse me.
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Definition of excuse for Students. 1  1 : a reason given for having done something wrong What's your excuse for being so late? 2  2 : something that is an acceptable reason for or justifies There is no excuse for bad behavior. 3  3 : a reason for doing something That's a good excuse for a party.
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excuse (third-person singular simple present excuses, present participle excusing, simple past and past participle excused) ( 1 transitive) To forgive; to pardon. ( 2 transitive) To allow to leave. ( 3 transitive) To provide an excuse for; to explain, with the aim of alleviating guilt or negative judgement.
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excuse, condone, pardon, forgive mean to exact neither punishment nor redress. excuse may refer to specific acts especially in social or conventional situations or the person responsible for these excuse an interruption excused them for interrupting.
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excuse (third-person singular simple present excuses, present participle excusing, simple past and past participle excused) (transitive) To forgive; to pardon. I excused him his transgressions. Shakespeare I must excuse what cannot be amended. Archbishop Sharp A man's persuasion that a thing is duty, will not excuse him from guilt in practising it, if really and indeed it be against God's law.
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Excuse can be a noun or a verb. When it is a noun, it is pronounced /ɪk'skjuːs/. When it is a verb, it is pronounced /ɪk'skjuːz/. 1. used as a noun. An excuse is a reason that you give in order to explain why something has been done, has not been done, or will not be done.
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When the problems eventually do become costly enough to become visible to enough team members, some solutions will be generated. But too often these are form solutions (more employees, fewer employees, more reports, more meetings, more reorganization, etc.) to what are really substance or people challenges.
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Robert has agreed to produce some software analysis by Friday noon. By 4 p.m. on Friday you haven't heard and you track him down. Robert is abject, but he has the most logical excuses. For starters, the library was closed for painting all day Wednesday.
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Definition of excuse for English Language Learners. : 1  to forgive someone for making a mistake, doing something wrong, etc., : 2  to say that (someone) is not required to do something. : 3  to allow (someone, such as a child) to leave.
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what is an excuse
An excuse is a reason that you give in order to explain why something has been done, has not been done, or will not be done.