to regret
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2.0
- verb
- /rɪˈɡrɛt/
- Formal
:
lamentar
- I regret to say that I will not be able to attend the meeting.
- regret to say
- regret to inform
And I regret to say that we, we got, we got one wrong.
- And I regret to say that we, we got, we got one wrong.
Examples
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We regret to announce that the concert has been canceled due to bad weather.
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- I regret to inform you there has been a plane crash in the mountains of Kafiristan.
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But I have to say that I regret it and respect it.
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And I regret to say that we, we got, we got one wrong.
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I very much regret to be doing this...
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"I said some things about you to your mother that I regret," he said.
Fiction book (1995) -
But higher education, I regret to say, is not among them.
Academic text (2002) -
I regret to inform you that four of your classmates have just been killed.
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"Tell him further," said Reith, "that we regret the inconvenience we caused him."
Fiction book (1993) -
I regret to inform you that your application has been unsuccessful.
Synonyms
∞
1.7
To say sorry to someone when you feel you did something wrong
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5.0
To show or say that you feel sad about something
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7.1
To say you are sad about something and complain about it
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7.1
To show strong disapproval of something, often publicly or in a formal way
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Offensive
A claim that sex was forced after a person first agreed but later regretted it
How Sorry
Surface Forms
Etymology
Regret comes from Old French parts re- and gret, where gret meant 'to cry out' or 'show sorrow'. So when you regret telling someone bad news, you are politely showing that you are sorry.