regret
verb/rɪˈɡret/
/rɪˈɡret/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they regret | /rɪˈɡret/ /rɪˈɡret/ |
| he / she / it regrets | /rɪˈɡrets/ /rɪˈɡrets/ |
| past simple regretted | /rɪˈɡretɪd/ /rɪˈɡretɪd/ |
| past participle regretted | /rɪˈɡretɪd/ /rɪˈɡretɪd/ |
| -ing form regretting | /rɪˈɡretɪŋ/ /rɪˈɡretɪŋ/ |
- to feel sorry about something you have done or about something that you have not been able to do
- regret something If you don't do it now, you'll only regret it.
- The decision could be one he lives to regret.
- I soon came to regret my action.
- ‘I've had a wonderful life,’ she said, ‘I don't regret a thing.’
- She regretted the words the moment they were out of her mouth.
- regret doing something He bitterly regretted ever having mentioned it.
- I never regretted dropping out of college.
- regret what, how, etc… I deeply regret what I said.
- regret that I regret that I never got to meet him in person.
Extra Examples- I immediately regretted not asking for his name and address.
- It was a decision she would soon regret.
- Pierre told them some things he later regretted telling.
- She knew that she would live to regret this decision.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- bitterly
- deeply
- greatly
- …
- begin to
- come to
- grow to
- …
- (formal) used to say in a polite or formal way that you are sorry or sad about a situation
- regret something The airline regrets any inconvenience.
- The president said that his country deeply regretted the incident.
- The United States regrets the loss of innocent civilian lives.
- regret that I regret that I am unable to accept your kind invitation.
- I very much regret that I cannot be with you this evening.
- regret to do something We regret to inform you that your application has not been successful.
- I regret to say that we cannot let you have the picture.
- it is regretted that… It is to be regretted that so many young people leave school without qualifications.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- bitterly
- deeply
- greatly
- …
- begin to
- come to
- grow to
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French regreter ‘bewail (the dead)’.
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