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Definition of mourn verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

mourn

 verb
verb
NAmE//mɔrn//
 
[transitive, intransitive]Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they mourn
 
he / she / it mourns
 
past simple mourned
 
-ing form mourning
 
 
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to feel and show sadness because someone has died; to feel sad because something no longer exists or is no longer the same synonym grieve mourn something He was still mourning his brother's death. They mourn the passing of a simpler way of life. mourn (for somebody/something) Today we mourn for all those who died in two world wars. She mourned for her lost childhood.
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