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the situation in which people say or think that someone or something did something wrong or is responsible for something bad happening: Health officials put the blame for the disease on (= say that the reason for the disease is) poor housing conditions.
C1. to be the reason for something bad that happens: The hot weather is partly to blame for the water shortage. A recent opinion piece suggests children are out of control, and it's parents who are to blame. Which nation is to blame for the latest tariff increases?
The meaning of BLAME is to find fault with : censure. How to use blame in a sentence. Is it blame on or blame for?: Usage Guide
the situation in which people say or think that someone or something did something wrong or is responsible for something bad happening: Health officials put the blame for the disease on (= say that the reason for the disease is) poor housing conditions.
Definition of blame verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Blame is about being responsible for something that's bad or has gone wrong. If you have a headache, you might blame it on the heat, or on not getting enough sleep.
blame, censure, condemn imply finding fault with someone or something. To blame is to hold accountable for, and disapprove because of, some error, mistake, omission, neglect, or the like: Whom do you blame for the disaster?
blame (for something) responsibility for doing something badly or wrongly; saying that somebody is responsible for something. Why do I always get the blame for everything that goes wrong? to lay/put the blame for something on somebody. The government will have to take the blame for the riots.
noun. responsibility for something that is wrong or deserving censure; culpability. an expression of condemnation; reproof. be to blame. to be at fault or culpable. verb. usually foll by for to attribute responsibility to; accuse. I blame him for the failure. usually foll by on to ascribe responsibility for (something) to.
blame. to think or say that someone or something is responsible for something bad blame somebody/something (for something) She doesn't blame anyone for her father's death. A dropped cigarette is being blamed for the fire. blame something on somebody/something Police are blaming the accident on dangerous driving.
