excuses

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- /ɪkˈskjuːs/
- /ɪkˈskjuːz/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- /ɪkˈskjuːs/

Definition of excuses word

noun excuses Plural form of excuse. 1

Just one definition for excuses

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Parts of speech for Excuses

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Excuses

excuses popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 97% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for excuses

noun excuses

defenses — Plural form of defense.
apologies — a written or spoken expression of one's regret, remorse, or sorrow for having insulted, failed, injured, or wronged another: He demanded an apology from me for calling him a crook.
pleas — an appeal or entreaty: a plea for mercy.
alibis — Plural form of alibi.
tricks — a crafty or underhanded device, maneuver, stratagem, or the like, intended to deceive or cheat; artifice; ruse; wile.

verb excuses

spares — to refrain from harming or destroying; leave uninjured; forbear to punish, hurt, or destroy: to spare one's enemy.
discharges — Plural form of discharge.
purges — to rid of whatever is impure or undesirable; cleanse; purify.

All 14 Synonyms of excuses

Antonyms for excuses

verb excuses

charges — Plural form of charge.
sentences — Grammar. a grammatical unit of one or more words that expresses an independent statement, question, request, command, exclamation, etc., and that typically has a subject as well as a predicate, as in John is here. or Is John here? In print or writing, a sentence typically begins with a capital letter and ends with appropriate punctuation; in speech it displays recognizable, communicative intonation patterns and is often marked by preceding and following pauses.
holds — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
keeps — to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.

All 4 Antonyms of excuses

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