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- DictionaryAl·i·bi/ˈaləˌbī/
noun
- 1. a claim or piece of evidence that one was elsewhere when an act, especially a criminal one, is alleged to have taken place: "she has an alibi for the whole of yesterday evening"
verb
- 1. offer an excuse or defense for (someone), especially by providing an account of their whereabouts at the time of an alleged act: "her friend agreed to alibi her"
us / ˈæl·əˌbɑɪ / Add to word list. proof that someone who is thought to have committed a crime could not have done it, esp. the fact or claim that the person was in another place at the time the crime happened. An alibi is also an excuse for something: You’re late again – what’s your alibi this time?
The noun alibi is the same word as its Latin root, alibi, which means "excuse." When you provide an alibi, you are giving proof — a certified excuse — that you could not have committed a crime. Alibi is easy to confuse with alias, which means "an assumed, or false, name."
Definition of alibi noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
2 days ago · 1. Law. the defensive plea or fact that an accused person was elsewhere than at the scene of the crime with which the person is charged. 2. Informal. an excuse. verb intransitive, verb transitive Word forms: ˈaliˌbied or ˈaliˌbiing US. 3. Informal. to offer an excuse (for) Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition.
alibi noun, adverb, & adjective. Factsheet. Etymology. Meaning & use. Pronunciation. Frequency. Compounds & derived words. Factsheet. What does the word alibi mean? There are four meanings listed in OED's entry for the word alibi. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. See meaning & use. How common is the word alibi?
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English al‧i‧bi /ˈæləbaɪ/ noun [ countable] 1 something that proves that someone was not where a crime happened and therefore could not have done it a perfect/cast-iron/unshakeable etc alibi He had a perfect alibi and the police let him go. 2 an excuse for something you have failed to do or have done w...
Alibi in Latin is an adverb meaning “in or at another place.” Its earliest English uses, in the 18th century, are in legal contexts, both as an adverb and as a noun meaning “a plea of having been elsewhere.”
