regret

regret
[[t]rɪgre̱t[/t]]
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regrets, regretting, regretted
1) VERB If you regret something that you have done, you wish that you had not done it.

[V n] I simply gave in to him, and I've regretted it ever since...

[V that] Ellis seemed to be regretting that he had asked the question...

[V -ing] Five years later she regrets having given up her home.

2) N-VAR Regret is a feeling of sadness or disappointment, which is caused by something that has happened or something that you have done or not done.

My great regret in life is that I didn't bring home the America's Cup...

Lillee said he had no regrets about retiring.

3) VERB (politeness) You can say that you regret something as a polite way of saying that you are sorry about it. You use expressions such as I regret to say or I regret to inform you to show that you are sorry about something.

[V n] `I very much regret the injuries he sustained,' he said...

[V that] I regret that the United States has added its voice to such protests...

[V to-inf] Her lack of co-operation is nothing new, I regret to say...

[V to-inf] I regret to inform you he died as a consequence of his injuries.

4) N-UNCOUNT If someone expresses regret about something, they say that they are sorry about it. [FORMAL]

He expressed great regret and said that surgeons would attempt to reverse the operation...

President Aquino says she has accepted his resignation with regret.


English dictionary. 2008.

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