to apportion blame
1apportion — ap‧por‧tion [əˈpɔːʆn ǁ ɔːr ] verb [transitive] formal to divide and share something between a number of people or organizations: apportion something to/amongst/between • a scheme which will apportion shares in state enterprises to the general… …
2blame — blame1 W3S2 [bleım] v [T] [Date: 1100 1200; : Old French; Origin: blamer, from Late Latin blasphemare; BLASPHEME] 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… …
3apportion — UK [əˈpɔː(r)ʃ(ə)n] / US [əˈpɔrʃ(ə)n] verb [transitive] Word forms apportion : present tense I/you/we/they apportion he/she/it apportions present participle apportioning past tense apportioned past participle apportioned formal 1) to divide… …
4apportion — ap|por|tion [ ə pɔrʃn ] verb transitive FORMAL 1. ) to divide something such as payments between two or more people, organizations, etc.: apportion something among/between: Costs will be apportioned between the federal and local governments. 2. ) …
5apportion — verb (T) to decide how something should be shared between various people (+ among/between): apportioning available funds among the different schools in the district | apportion blame/praise etc (=say who deserves to be blamed or praised): It s… …
6apportion — ap|por|tion [əˈpo:ʃən US o:r ] v [T] formal [Date: 1500 1600; : French; Origin: apportionner, from portionner to portion ] to decide how something should be shared between various people ▪ It s not easy to apportion blame (=say who deserves to be …
7blame — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun VERB + BLAME ▪ get ▪ My brother broke the window, but I got the blame. ▪ accept, bear, shoulder, take ▪ The compan …
8apportion — [[t]əpɔ͟ː(r)ʃ(ə)n[/t]] apportions, apportioning, apportioned VERB When you apportion something such as blame, you decide how much of it different people deserve or should be given. [FORMAL] [V n prep] The experts are even handed in apportioning… …
9apportion — verb Apportion is used with these nouns as the object: ↑blame …
10apportion — /ə pɔ:ʃ(ə)n/ verb to share out something, e.g. costs, funds or blame ● Costs are apportioned according to projected revenue …
