penalties
SayPEN-uhl-teez/ˈpɛnəltiz/
- 1Plural of penalty. Use this form when talking about more than one penalty.
The referee called two penalties in the first half.
Late fees and other penalties can add up quickly.
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- 2A way to decide a tied soccer game, where each team takes turns kicking the ball at the goal.
Like a tiebreaker round when both sides have the same score.
The game was still even, so it went to penalties.
Our team lost on penalties after a long, close match.
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penalties is a form of penalty
penalty, noun: A punishment you get for breaking the rules about how something must be done. Full entry
- Forms
- penaltypenalties plural
- Spelling
- penalty → penalties: change y to i, add -es
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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