grievegrieve /ɡriːv/ ●○○ verb 
He died, and every day since then I have grieved for him. People need time to grieve after the death of a loved one. She grieved the loss of her only son.2[transitive] if something grieves you, it makes you feel very unhappy SYN upset: My aunt, it grieves me to say, gets things confused.
WORD ORIGINgrieve
Origin:
1200-1300 Old French grever, from Latin gravare ‘to load heavily’, from gravis; ➔ GRAVE1VERB TABLE
grieve
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | grieve |
| he, she, it | grieves | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | grieved |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have grieved |
| he, she, it | has grieved | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had grieved |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will grieve |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have grieved |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am grieving |
| he, she, it | is grieving | |
| you, we, they | are grieving | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was grieving |
| you, we, they | were grieving | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been grieving |
| he, she, it | has been grieving | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been grieving |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be grieving |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been grieving |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- It's healthy to take time to grieve after the death of a loved one.
- It is a terrible tragedy for this small community. Everyone here is grieving.
- Millet continued to grieve for his wife for many years after her death.
- People must be allowed to grieve the loss of a relative for as long as they need to.
- He and I still grieve for Langford, but our search for him has changed.
- If the women of the tyrant nations do not grieve for the crimes of those nations, who will?
- Once again I was slow to grieve.
- Or you may be grieving for your partner or client.
- She thought and worked and grieved only for a day at a time.
- To unburden themselves of arranging and directing these tasks, grieving families turn to funeral directors.
- Yet they are not supposed to grieve.
Longman Language Activatorto feel sad because someone has died
to feel extremely sad because someone that you love has died: · It is a terrible tragedy for this small community. Everyone here is grieving.grieve for/over: · Millet continued to grieve for his wife for many years after her death.grieve somebody's death/loss: · People must be allowed to grieve the loss of a relative for as long as they need to.
to feel sadness and respect for someone who has died, and to show this by the way you behave publicly, the clothes you wear etc: · The whole town is in mourning after two boys died on a school trip to the US.· In those days you were expected to wear black while you were in mourning.be in mourning for: · The sport was united in mourning for Maskell, as a player, coach and commentator for most of the century.
to feel very sad because someone has died, and to show this in the way you behave: · All the neighbours and relations who had come to mourn stood around the coffin.mourn for: · My mother never stopped mourning for my sister Frances, who died when she was four.mourn somebody's death/loss: · His death was mourned by hundreds of former pupils and countless friends.
the things people do and they way they behave, dress etc to show their sadness and respect for someone who has died - use this especially about formal or traditional actions and ceremonies: · Mourning for the death of your husband used to last up to a year.day of mourning (=an official period of mourning): · Friday was declared an international day of mourning for the victims.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY My aunt, it grieves me to say, gets things confused.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
1[intransitive, transitive] to feel extremely sad, especially because someone you love has diedgrieve over/for My aunt, it grieves me to say, gets things confused.· Perhaps Margaret just wants that corpse to be her husband's, to give her something to grieve over.· That Liza did not appear to share these sentiments was something which Harriet grieved over and found hard to accept.
· Polly was not the only one still grieving for the past.· He and I still grieve for Langford, but our search for him has changed.· She is still grieving deeply after the death of her beloved husband and manager Bobby Willis last October.· After all, in a secular age when religious rituals have lost meaning for many, the grieving still need comfort.· This family is still grieving for the son who was killed just a matter of weeks ago.· Implicitly, unconsciously, subconsciously, the family still grieved the loss of its only daughter.
NOUN· Sophia is grieving the loss of her sister, who died during open-heart surgery.· I grieve the loss of her companionship, but I haven't lost her friendship.· Implicitly, unconsciously, subconsciously, the family still grieved the loss of its only daughter.
He died, and every day since then I have grieved for him. People need time to grieve after the death of a loved one. She grieved the loss of her only son.2[transitive] if something grieves you, it makes you feel very unhappy SYN upset: My aunt, it grieves me to say, gets things confused.