{
    "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’."
}