{
    "term": "apology",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a word or statement saying sorry for something that has been done wrong or that causes a problem",
            "sensetop": "apology (to somebody) (for something)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to **offer/make/demand/accept an apology**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "You **owe him an apology** for what you said."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We should like to offer our apologies for the delay to your flight today."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We received a letter of apology."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Please accept my sincere apologies."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She rejected my apology, saying it was not enough."
                },
                {
                    "text": "John muttered an apology then went back to his book."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I make no apologies for bringing this issue to your attention once again."
                },
                {
                    "text": "If anyone has been offended, I extend my sincere apologies."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was a mistake. My profuse apologies."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He backed out arrogantly and without apology."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The newspaper has issued an apology to the minister."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We expect a full written apology."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["abject", "humble", "profuse"],
                "verb + apology": ["convey", "give somebody", "issue"],
                "preposition": ["without apology", "apology for", "apology from"],
                "phrases": [
                    "extend your apologies",
                    "a letter of apology",
                    "make no apology for"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "information that you cannot go to a meeting or must leave early",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The meeting started with apologies *(= the names of people who said they could not go to the meeting)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She **made her apologies** and left early."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Working life"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["abject", "humble", "profuse"],
                "verb + apology": ["convey", "give somebody", "issue"],
                "preposition": ["without apology", "apology for", "apology from"],
                "phrases": [
                    "extend your apologies",
                    "a letter of apology",
                    "make no apology for"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "if you say that you make no apology/apologies for something, you mean that you do not feel that you have said or done anything wrong",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈpɒlədʒi/",
                "audio": "ap/apology/apology__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈpɑːlədʒi/",
                "audio": "ap/apology/apology__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "mid 16th cent. (denoting a formal defence against an accusation): from French apologie, or via late Latin from Greek apologia ‘a speech in one's own defence’, from apo ‘away’+ -logia (see -ology)."
}