Meaning of "alibi" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ALIBI

From Latin alibī elsewhere, from alius other + -bī as in ubī where.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF ALIBI

alibi  [ˈælɪˌbaɪ]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ALIBI

Alibi is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb alibi in English.

WHAT DOES ALIBI MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Alibi

An alibi is a form of defense used in criminal procedure wherein the accused attempts to prove that he or she was in some other place at the time the alleged offense was committed. The Criminal Law Deskbook of Criminal Procedure states: "Alibi is different from all of the other defenses; it is based upon the premise that the defendant is truly innocent." In the Latin language alibī means "somewhere else."...

Definition of alibi in the English dictionary

The first definition of alibi in the dictionary is a defence by an accused person that he was elsewhere at the time the crime in question was committed. Other definition of alibi is the evidence given to prove this. Alibi is also an excuse.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO ALIBI

PRESENT

Present

I alibi

you alibi

he/she/it alibis

we alibi

you alibi

they alibi

Present continuous

I am alibiing

you are alibiing

he/she/it is alibiing

we are alibiing

you are alibiing

they are alibiing

Present perfect

I have alibied

you have alibied

he/she/it has alibied

we have alibied

you have alibied

they have alibied

Present perfect continuous

I have been alibiing

you have been alibiing

he/she/it has been alibiing

we have been alibiing

you have been alibiing

they have been alibiing

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I alibied

you alibied

he/she/it alibied

we alibied

you alibied

they alibied

Past continuous

I was alibiing

you were alibiing

he/she/it was alibiing

we were alibiing

you were alibiing

they were alibiing

Past perfect

I had alibied

you had alibied

he/she/it had alibied

we had alibied

you had alibied

they had alibied

Past perfect continuous

I had been alibiing

you had been alibiing

he/she/it had been alibiing

we had been alibiing

you had been alibiing

they had been alibiing

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will alibi

you will alibi

he/she/it will alibi

we will alibi

you will alibi

they will alibi

Future continuous

I will be alibiing

you will be alibiing

he/she/it will be alibiing

we will be alibiing

you will be alibiing

they will be alibiing

Future perfect

I will have alibied

you will have alibied

he/she/it will have alibied

we will have alibied

you will have alibied

they will have alibied

Future perfect continuous

I will have been alibiing

you will have been alibiing

he/she/it will have been alibiing

we will have been alibiing

you will have been alibiing

they will have been alibiing

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would alibi

you would alibi

he/she/it would alibi

we would alibi

you would alibi

they would alibi

Conditional continuous

I would be alibiing

you would be alibiing

he/she/it would be alibiing

we would be alibiing

you would be alibiing

they would be alibiing

Conditional perfect

I would have alibi

you would have alibi

he/she/it would have alibi

we would have alibi

you would have alibi

they would have alibi

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been alibiing

you would have been alibiing

he/she/it would have been alibiing

we would have been alibiing

you would have been alibiing

they would have been alibiing

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you alibi
we let´s alibi
you alibi

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to alibi

Past participle

alibied

Present Participle

alibiing

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «ALIBI»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «alibi» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of alibi

defence · excuse · explanation · justification · plea · pretext · reason

TRANSLATION OF ALIBI

Find out the translation of alibi to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of alibi from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «alibi» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 不在犯罪现场
• Translator English - Spanish: coartada
• English: alibi
• Translator English - Hindi: बहाना
• Translator English - Arabic: دَفْعٌ بِالغَيْبَة
• Translator English - Russian: алиби
• Translator English - Portuguese: álibi
• Translator English - Bengali: অপরাধের অনুষ্ঠানকালে অন্যত্র থাকার অজুহাতে রেহাই পাইবার দাবি
• Translator English - French: alibi
• Translator English - Malay: Alibi
• Translator English - German: Alibi
• Translator English - Japanese: アリバイ
• Translator English - Korean: 알리바이
• Translator English - Javanese: Alibi
• Translator English - Vietnamese: chứng cớ ngoại phạm
• Translator English - Tamil: அயலிட சான்று
• Translator English - Marathi: अलबी
• Translator English - Turkish: mazeret
• Translator English - Italian: alibi
• Translator English - Polish: alibi
• Translator English - Ukrainian: алібі
• Translator English - Romanian: alibi
• Translator English - Greek: άλλοθι
• Translator English - Afrikaans: alibi
• Translator English - Swedish: alibi
• Translator English - Norwegian: alibi

3 QUOTES WITH «ALIBI»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word alibi.

1

Albert Camus

It is necessary to fall in love... if only to provide an alibi for all the random despair you are going to feel anyway.

2

Billy Evans

The public wouldn't like the perfect umpire in every game. It would kill off baseball's greatest alibi - 'We was robbed.'

3

Jerry Orbach

'Home Alone' was a movie, not an alibi.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ALIBI»

Discover the use of alibi in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to alibi and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Alibi: A Novel

What are the limits of guilt? How much is someone willing to pay for a perfect alibi? Using the piazzas and canals of Venice as an enthralling but sinister backdrop, Joseph Kanon has again written a gripping historical thriller.

Joseph Kanon, 2007

A is for Alibi: A Kinsey Millhone Mystery

‘My name is Kinsey Millhone.

Sue Grafton, 2011

Alibi Junior High

After thirteen-year-old Cody and his father, an undercover agent, are nearly killed, Cody moves in with his aunt in Connecticut, where he is helped with his adjustment to the trials of attending public school for the first time and ...

Greg Logsted, 2011

Northanger Alibi

A modern retelling of Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey finds Claire enjoying her first summer adventure away from home, where she tries to prove that the attractive Tony Russo is actually a vampire.

Jenni James, 2012

Without Alibi

This book brings together for the first time five recent essays by Jacques Derrida, which advance his reflections on many issues: lying, perjury, forgiveness, confession, the profession of faith, and, most recently, cruelty, sovereignty, ...

Jacques Derrida, Peggy Kamuf, 2002

Alibi II: Nard's Revenge

ALIBI II picks up where ALIBI left off.

Teri Woods, 2012

Alibi

More information to be announced soon on this forthcoming title from Penguin USA

Sydney Bauer, 2009

Alberta Alibi

Sheila, Rusty and Katie are on the road again.

Dayle Campbell Gaetz, 2005

No Alibi (Mills & Boon Love Inspired Suspense)

Juror Julie Ann Jones simply didn't expect the life on the line to be her own.

Valerie Hansen, 2012

The Alibi Man

She was a vision.

Tami Hoag, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ALIBI»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term alibi is used in the context of the following news items.

Alibi celebrates its season of crime TV... by staging a giant London …

Alibi has celebrated its summer crime season... by staging a huge crime ... to be there," said Adrian Wills, general manager of UKTV's Alibi. «Digital Spy UK, Jul 15»

Professor has extensive alibi for driving citation

“I'm not surprised to have difficulties with the police. I'm a 52-year-old black man,” Emerson College professor Jabari Asim told The Boston ... «Boston.com, Jul 15»

'The Devotion of Suspect X' vs 'Drishyam': The perfect alibi meets the …

The best-selling Japanese novel has clearly inspired the 2013 Malayalam hit movie. But that hasn't prevented a spate of remakes, including ... «Scroll.in, Jul 15»

UKTV's Alibi launches rebrand with giant skull on London South Bank

Alibi, the UKTV pay TV crime channel, is promoting its rebrand with a two-metre high replica of a human skull, which appeared this morning on ... «Media Week, Jul 15»

Interview: Paul Bostaph

The Alibi caught up with Slayer's Paul Bostaph as he and his mates prepared to unleash mayhem. Here is a transcript of what the devilish ... «Weekly Alibi, Jul 15»

Lokayukta's Son Cries Foul, Gives Alibi

BENGALURU: Yerabati Ashwin, in the news for his alleged involvement in an extortion racket at the Karnataka Lokayukta, believes someone is ... «The New Indian Express, Jun 15»

Main suspect in Nemtsov murder claims to have alibi again - lawyer

He has witnesses who can confirm his alibi,” Tsakayev said. He added that Dadayev spent the day with Ruslan Geremeyev, a former Chechen ... «RAPSI, Jun 15»

The Wild Bunch (1969)

alibi online. login | register · Back Issue Browser | Personals .... 1996-2015 Weekly Alibi [e-mail] · View mobile version. Quantcast ... «Weekly Alibi, Jun 15»

Alibi App Lets Smartphones Record Video, Audio, Location 24/7

Alibi works in the background to record audio, video and location 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to document what really happened when ... «Huffington Post Canada, Jun 15»

PHIL HARDWICK'S THE ALIBI, a serial novel: Chapter 9 The Chase …

Alibi-graphic_rgb » Jack Boulder, Mississippi's premier private investigator, seeks to recover the special Brett Favre MVP exhibit that has been ... «Mississippi Business Journal, Jun 15»