Meaning of blame | Babel Free
bleɪmDefinitions
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Censure. uncountable
- fault
- Censure
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Culpability for something negative or undesirable. uncountable
- to blame, responsible; at fault; culpable.
- guilt
- Culpability for something negative or undesirable
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Responsibility for something meriting censure. uncountable
- the responsibility (for something bad). He takes the blame for everything that goes wrong. blaam, skuld يَضَعُ المسؤوليَّةَ على، يُلْقي اللوْمَ عَلى отговорност culpa vina, zodpovědnost die Verantwortung skyld η ευθύνη για κτ. κακό που έχει γίνει culpa, responsabilidad süü تقصیر vastuu responsabilitéאשמה दोष krivnja felelősség tanggung jawab sök, ábyrgð colpa, responsabilità 責め 책임 kaltė vaina; atbildība sanggup dipertanggungjawabkan schuldskyldwina نیمګړتیا culpa răspundere вина vina odgovorn...
- Responsibility for something meriting censure
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A source control feature that can show which user was responsible for a particular portion of the source code. uncountable
- innocent. a blameless life. onberispelike, onskuldige بَريء، طاهِر невинен irrepreensível bezúhonný, nevinný tadellos pletfri άψογοςinocente; intachable, irreprochable laitmatu بی تقصیر؛ بی عیب viaton irréproachable חף מפשע निर्दोष nevin ártatlan tak bersalah saklaus; ámælislaus irreprensibile 非難するところのない 결백한 nepriekaištingas nevainojams tak bersalah onberispelijkuklanderlig; uskyldigniewinny بی نیمګړتیاوو، بی عیبه irrepreensível ireproşabil безупречный bezúhonný vzoren nevin oklanderlig, osky...
- third-person singular present indicative
- A source control feature that can show which user was responsible for a particular portion of the source code
- To consider responsible for a misdeed, failure, or undesirable outcome: blamed the coach for the loss; blamed alcohol for his bad behavior.
- second-person singular imperative
- To assert or consider that someone is the cause of something negative; to place blame; to attribute responsibility (for something negative or for doing something negative)
- To find fault with; criticize: I can't blame you for wanting your fair share.
- To place responsibility for (something): blamed the crisis on poor planning.
- The state of being responsible for a fault or error; culpability.
- Censure; condemnation: "Hoover hazarded more in the way of federal response to economic crisis than any president before him, but his efforts were not enough to divert the blame and wrath of the American people" (Michael B. Stoff).
- Deserving censure or disapproval; at fault: an investigation to determine who was to blame for the leak.
- Being the cause or source of something: A freak storm was to blame for the power outage.
Equivalents
Examples
“Blame came from all directions.”
“The blame for starting the fire lies with the arsonist.”
“They accepted the blame, but it was an accident.”
CEFR level
A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
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