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   Blame

   /blām/

   

   verb

   • 1. assign responsibility for a fault or wrong: "the inquiry blamed the engineer for the accident" Similar hold responsiblehold accountablehold liableplace/lay the blame oncensurecriticizecondemnaccuse offind/consider guilty ofassign fault/liability/guilt toarchaic:inculpateascribe toattribute toimpute tolay at the door ofput down toset down toinformal:pinstickOpposite absolveforgive
   • ▪ assign the responsibility for something bad to (someone or something): "they blame youth crime on unemployment"

   noun

   • 1. responsibility for a fault or wrong: "his players had to take the blame"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French blamer, blasmer (verb), from a popular Latin variant of ecclesiastical Latin blasphemare ‘reproach, revile, blaspheme’, from Greek blasphēmein (see blaspheme).

   Derivatives

   • 1. blameful adjective

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   They pinned the blame for the crisis on the President. They placed the blame squarely on the doctor. The government tried to lay the blame at the door of the unions. My brother broke the window, but I got the blame. The blame lies with the police, who failed to act quickly enough. The company refused to accept any blame for the damage.

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   What does blame mean in English?

   • From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English blame1 /bleɪm/ ●●● S2 W3 verb [ transitive] 1 to say or think that someone or something is responsible for something bad Don’t blame me – it’s not my fault. I blame his mother. She does everything for him. blame somebody/something for something Marie still blames herself for Patrick’s death.

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   What is blameme?

   • Don't blameme! You can blamesomething onsomeone. Maya blamesall her problems onher parents. 2. 'to blame' If someone is to blamefor something bad that has happened, they caused it. I knew I was partly to blamefor the failure of the project. The study found that schools are not to blamefor the laziness of their pupils. 3. 'fault'

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   What does 'I Don't Blame You' Mean?

   • used to say that you think that what someone did was reasonable and the right thing to do “I just slammed the phone down when he said that.” “I don't blame you!” used to say that you think something is someone's own fault If you lose your job, you'll only have yourself to blame. Definition of blame verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary.

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   What does it mean to blame someone for something bad?

   • If you blame a person or thing for something bad, or if you blame something bad on somebody, you believe or say that they are responsible for it or that they caused it. The commission is expected to blame the army for many of the atrocities. Ms. Carey appeared to blame her breakdown on EMI's punishing work schedule.

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   BLAME definition: 1. to say or think that someone or something is responsible for something bad that has happened…. Learn more.

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   blame. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English blame1 /bleɪm/ S2 W3 verb [ transitive] 1 to say or think that someone or something is responsible for something bad Don’t blame me – it’s not my fault. I blame his mother. She does everything for him. blame somebody/something for something Marie still blames herself for Patrick’s ...

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   blame somebody/something for doing something You can't really blame them for not telling you. blame somebody/something It's easy to blame the media at times like this. blame something on somebody/something Police are blaming the accident on dangerous driving. The violence was blamed in part on militants. see also victim blaming

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   Jun 14, 2024 · blame (third-person singular simple present blames, present participle blaming, simple past and past participle blamed) To censure (someone or something); to criticize . ( obsolete) To bring into disrepute . ( transitive, usually followed by "for") To assert or consider that someone is the cause of something negative; to place blame, to ...

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   blame definition: 1. to say that someone or something has done something bad: 2. to be the person that everyone…. Learn more.