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  • 21regret — has inflected forms regretted, regretting, and a derivative form regrettable …

    Modern English usage

  • 22regret — ► VERB (regretted, regretting) ▪ feel or express sorrow, repentance, or disappointment over. ► NOUN 1) a feeling of sorrow, repentance, or disappointment. 2) (often one s regrets) used in polite formulas to express apology or sadness. ORIGIN …

    English terms dictionary

  • 23regret — (re grè ; le t ne se prononce pas et ne se lie pas dans le parler ordinaire ; au pluriel l s se lie : des re grè z éternels ; regrets rime avec paix, succès, traits, etc. Palsgrave, p. 24, dit que devant une voyelle le t se fait sentir) s. m.… …

    Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • 24REGRET — s. m. Déplaisir d avoir perdu un bien qu on possédait, ou de n avoir pu obtenir celui qu on désirait. Le regret que lui cause la perte de ses biens, de sa fortune, de sa place. Il a eu de bonnes marchandises, il ne doit pas avoir regret à son… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 25regret — re|gret1 [rıˈgret] v past tense and past participle regretted present participle regretting [T] [Date: 1400 1500; : Old French; Origin: regreter] 1.) to feel sorry about something you have done and wish you had not done it ▪ I ve never regretted… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 26REGRET — n. m. Chagrin que cause la perte, la mort d’une personne. La perte de cet ami m’a causé un grand regret, m’a laissé un grand regret, de grands regrets, de vifs regrets. Il se dit aussi du Déplaisir d’avoir perdu un bien qu’on possédait, ou de… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

  • 27regret — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, bitter, deep, genuine, great, profound, real, sincere ▪ Her biggest regret was that she had never had children …

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  • 28regret — 1 verb (T) 1 to feel sorry about something you have done and wish you had not done it: regret doing sth: She deeply regretted losing her temper. (+ that): He regrets that he never went to college. | regret sth: It s a great opportunity, Mr Jarvis …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 29regret — I UK [rɪˈɡret] / US verb [transitive] Word forms regret : present tense I/you/we/they regret he/she/it regrets present participle regretting past tense regretted past participle regretted ** a) to feel sorry or sad that something has happened We… …

    English dictionary

  • 30regret — I n. 1) to express regret(s) 2) to feel; show regret 3) deep, keen regret 4) a token of (one s) regret 5) regret at, over; for (to express regret at not being able to accept an invitation; regret for one s mistake) II v. 1) to regret deeply, very …

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