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{
"term": "blame",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "blame",
"heSheIt": "blames"
},
"pastSimple": "blamed",
"pastParticiple": "blamed",
"ingForm": "blaming"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to think or say that somebody/something is responsible for something bad",
"sensetop": "blame somebody/something for somethingblame somebody/something for doing somethingblame somebody/somethingblame something on somebody/something",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "She doesn't blame anyone for her father's death.",
"contextForm": "blame somebody/something for something"
},
{
"text": "A dropped cigarette is being blamed for the fire."
},
{
"text": "Why is he blaming others for his problems?"
},
{
"text": "You can't really blame them for not telling you.",
"contextForm": "blame somebody/something for doing something"
},
{
"text": "It's easy to blame the media at times like this.",
"contextForm": "blame somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "Police are blaming the accident on dangerous driving.",
"contextForm": "blame something on somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "The violence was blamed in part on militants."
},
{
"text": "Blaming the victim is characteristic of any prejudice."
},
{
"text": "He is widely blamed for masterminding the attacks."
},
{
"text": "I don't blame Jack for the mistake."
},
{
"text": "The government has been widely blamed for the crisis."
},
{
"text": "You can hardly blame Peter for being angry with her."
},
{
"text": "She blamed the government for failing to respond to the crisis."
},
{
"text": "Whenever something goes wrong, everyone blames it on me."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["unfairly", "unjustly", "partly"],
"verb + blame": ["can’t", "don’t", "can hardly"],
"preposition": ["for", "on"],
"phrases": [
"be to blame (for something)",
"be widely blamed for something"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to be responsible for something bad",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "If anyone's to blame, it's James."
},
{
"text": "Which driver was to blame for the accident?"
},
{
"text": "A spokesman said that bad weather was partly to blame for the delay."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to advise somebody not to do something, when you think they will do it despite your advice",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Call her if you like, but don't blame me if she's angry."
}
],
"topics": ["Suggestions and advice"]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to say that you think that what somebody did was reasonable and the right thing to do",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I don't blame you for getting angry. They were being unreasonable."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to say that you think something is somebody’s own fault",
"examples": [
{
"text": "If you lose your job, you'll only have yourself to blame."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/bleɪm/",
"audio": "bl/blame/blame__gb_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/bleɪmz/",
"audio": "bl/blame/blames__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/bleɪmd/",
"audio": "bl/blame/blamed__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈbleɪmɪŋ/",
"audio": "bl/blame/blaming__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/bleɪm/",
"audio": "bl/blame/blame__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/bleɪmz/",
"audio": "bl/blame/blames__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/bleɪmd/",
"audio": "bl/blame/blamed__us_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈbleɪmɪŋ/",
"audio": "bl/blame/blaming__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French blamer, blasmer (verb), from a popular Latin variant of ecclesiastical Latin blasphemare ‘reproach, revile, blaspheme’, from Greek blasphēmein, from blasphēmos ‘evil-speaking’."
}