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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024la•ment /ləˈmɛnt/USA pronunciation v. - to express mourning or grief for or over someone or something: [~ + object]The entire country lamented the death of their leader.[no object]The nation lamented in unity.
- to be very sorry for;
regret: [~ + the fact + that clause]We lament the fact that this company cannot continue to make a profit.[~ + object]lamented the news.
n. [countable] - an expression of grief, mourning, or sadness:a lament over the death of the leader.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024la•ment (lə ment′),USA pronunciation v.t. - to feel or express sorrow or regret for:to lament his absence.
- to mourn for or over.
v.i. - to feel, show, or express grief, sorrow, or regret.
- to mourn deeply.
n. - an expression of grief or sorrow.
- a formal expression of sorrow or mourning, esp. in verse or song;
an elegy or dirge.
- Latin lāmentārī, derivative of lāmentum
- Latin lāmentum plaint; (verb, verbal)
- (noun, nominal) 1520–30
- 1, 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged bewail, bemoan, deplore.
- 3, 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged grieve, weep.
- 5.See corresponding entry in Unabridged lamentation, moan.
- 6.See corresponding entry in Unabridged monody, threnody.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: lament /ləˈmɛnt/ vb - to feel or express sorrow, remorse, or regret (for or over)
n - an expression of sorrow
- a poem or song in which a death is lamented
Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin lāmentumlaˈmenter n laˈmentingly adv |