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{
"term": "regret",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "regret",
"heSheIt": "regrets"
},
"pastSimple": "regretted",
"pastParticiple": "regretted",
"ingForm": "regretting"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to feel sorry about something you have done or about something that you have not been able to do",
"sensetop": "regret somethingregret doing somethingregret what, how, etc…regret that",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "If you don't do it now, **you'll** only **regret it**.",
"contextForm": "regret something"
},
{
"text": "The decision could be one he **lives to regret**."
},
{
"text": "I soon came to regret my action."
},
{
"text": "‘I've had a wonderful life,’ she said, ‘I don't regret a thing.’"
},
{
"text": "She regretted the words the moment they were out of her mouth."
},
{
"text": "He bitterly regretted ever having mentioned it.",
"contextForm": "regret doing something"
},
{
"text": "I never regretted dropping out of college."
},
{
"text": "I **deeply regret** what I said.",
"contextForm": "regret what, how, etc…"
},
{
"text": "I regret that I never got to meet him in person.",
"contextForm": "regret that"
},
{
"text": "I immediately regretted not asking for his name and address."
},
{
"text": "It was a decision she would soon regret."
},
{
"text": "Pierre told them some things he later regretted telling."
},
{
"text": "She knew that she would live to regret this decision."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["bitterly", "deeply", "greatly"],
"verb + regret": ["begin to", "come to", "grow to"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "used to say in a polite or formal way that you are sorry or sad about a situation",
"sensetop": "regret somethingregret thatregret to do somethingit is regretted that…",
"labels": "(formal)",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "The airline regrets any inconvenience.",
"contextForm": "regret something"
},
{
"text": "The president said that his country deeply regretted the incident."
},
{
"text": "The United States regrets the loss of innocent civilian lives."
},
{
"text": "I regret that I am unable to accept your kind invitation.",
"contextForm": "regret that"
},
{
"text": "I very much regret that I cannot be with you this evening."
},
{
"text": "We regret to inform you that your application has not been successful.",
"contextForm": "regret to do something"
},
{
"text": "I regret to say that we cannot let you have the picture."
},
{
"text": "**It is to be regretted that** so many young people leave school without qualifications.",
"contextForm": "it is regretted that…"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["bitterly", "deeply", "greatly"],
"verb + regret": ["begin to", "come to", "grow to"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈɡret/",
"audio": "re/regret/regret__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈɡrets/",
"audio": "re/regret/regrets__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈɡretɪd/",
"audio": "re/regret/regretted__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈɡretɪŋ/",
"audio": "re/regret/regretting__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈɡret/",
"audio": "re/regret/regret__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈɡrets/",
"audio": "re/regret/regrets__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈɡretɪd/",
"audio": "re/regret/regretted__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈɡretɪŋ/",
"audio": "re/regret/regretting__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French regreter ‘bewail (the dead)’."
}