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- something that you say to be polite when you have done something wrong: Sorry I’m late. Oh, I’m sorry. I didn’t see you there. A2 used to show that you are sad about a person or situation: I was sorry to hear about your accident.
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There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun sorry. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.
SORRY definition: 1. used to say that you wish you had not done what you have done, especially when you want to be…. Learn more.
Mar 21, 2023 · "distressed, grieved, full of sorrow" (not found in the physical sense of "sore"), from… See origin and meaning of sorry.
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The meaning of SORRY is feeling sorrow or sympathy. How to use sorry in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Sorry.
There are five meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb sorry, four of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
Origin of Sorry. From Middle English sory, from Old English sāriÄ¡ (“feeling or expressing grief, sorry, grieved, sorrowful, sad, mournful, bitter" ), from Proto-Germanic *sairagaz (“sad" ), from Proto-Indo-European *sayǝw- (“hard, rough, painful" ).
