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{
"term": "complaint",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a reason for not being satisfied; a statement that somebody makes saying that they are not satisfied",
"sensetop": "complaint about somebody/somethingcomplaint of somethingcomplaint against somebody/somethingcomplaint to somebodycomplaint from somebodycomplaint from somebody about somethingcomplaint by somebodycomplaint (that…)",
"labels": "(formal)",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a **formal complaint**"
},
{
"text": "She said the police had immediately **investigated the complaint**."
},
{
"text": "I'd like to **make a complaint** about the noise.",
"contextForm": "complaint about somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "to **file/lodge** *(= make)* **a complaint**"
},
{
"text": "The most common complaint is about poor service."
},
{
"text": "The Tribunal upheld his complaint of discrimination.",
"contextForm": "complaint of something"
},
{
"text": "I believe you have a complaint against one of our nurses.",
"contextForm": "complaint against somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "They said their complaints to the police were often not acted on.",
"contextForm": "complaint to somebody"
},
{
"text": "Council bosses said they would respond to complaints from residents.",
"contextForm": "complaint from somebody"
},
{
"text": "We received a **number of complaints** from customers about the lack of parking facilities.",
"contextForm": "complaint from somebody about something"
},
{
"text": "‘Complaints by patients are now at their lowest level,’ she said.",
"contextForm": "complaint by somebody"
},
{
"text": "a complaint that he had been unfairly treated",
"contextForm": "complaint (that…)"
},
{
"text": "**My only complaint** is that the website is a little difficult to use."
},
{
"text": "We have a clear and effective complaints procedure."
},
{
"text": "I have a complaint about the food."
},
{
"text": "I haven't heard any complaints about the approach we're taking."
},
{
"text": "One of the chief complaints is the cost."
},
{
"text": "The tribunal heard complaints against the director."
},
{
"text": "They filed a complaint with the Commission."
},
{
"text": "We have had some serious complaints from parents."
},
{
"text": "a complaint about working conditions"
},
{
"text": "a complaint against the police"
},
{
"text": "a complaint from a customer"
},
{
"text": "a complaint from the neighbours"
},
{
"text": "a complaint of unfair dismissal"
},
{
"text": "complaints arising from late payment"
},
{
"text": "to make a complaint to the authorities"
},
{
"text": "I believe you have a serious complaint against one of our nurses."
},
{
"text": "The couple have lodged an official complaint against the hospital."
},
{
"text": "The police have an independent complaints procedure to deal with such issues."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "the act of complaining",
"sensetop": "without complaint",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "I can see no grounds for complaint."
},
{
"text": "The way I was treated gave me no cause for complaint."
},
{
"text": "I'm planning to write a formal letter of complaint."
},
{
"text": "Workers were expected to accept pay cuts without complaint.",
"contextForm": "without complaint"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["serious", "common", "familiar"],
"verb + complaint": ["have", "bring", "file"],
"complaint + verb": [
"arise",
"concern something",
"relate to something"
],
"complaint + noun": [
"complaint procedure",
"complaints procedure",
"complaint system"
],
"preposition": [
"complaint about",
"complaint against",
"complaint from"
],
"phrases": [
"cause for complaint",
"grounds for complaint",
"a chorus of complaint"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "an illness, especially one that is not serious, and often one that affects a particular part of the body",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He has a minor skin complaint."
},
{
"text": "Not being able to sleep at night is a very common complaint."
},
{
"text": "He suffers from a skin complaint called ‘rosacea’."
}
],
"topics": ["Health problems"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["minor", "chronic", "common"],
"verb + complaint": ["have", "suffer from"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/kəmˈpleɪnt/",
"audio": "co/complaint/complaint__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/kəmˈpleɪnt/",
"audio": "co/complaint/complaint__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French complainte, feminine past participle of complaindre ‘to lament’, from medieval Latin complangere ‘bewail’, from Latin com- (expressing intensive force) + plangere ‘to lament’."
}