{
    "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)’."
}