i beg your pardon

i beg your par·don

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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [ahy beg yoo r, yawr, yohr pahr-dn]
- /aɪ bɛg yʊər, yɔr, yoʊr ˈpɑr dn/
- /ˈaɪ beɡ jɔː(r) ˈpɑː.dən/

Definitions of i beg your pardon words

convention i beg your pardon You say 'Pardon?' or 'I beg your pardon?' or, in American English, 'Pardon me?' when you want someone to repeat what they have just said because you have not heard or understood it. 0
noun i beg your pardon excuse me! 0

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 90% 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".

sorry — feeling regret, compunction, sympathy, pity, etc.: to be sorry to leave one's friends; to be sorry for a remark; to be sorry for someone in trouble.

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