regret in English: To feel sad about something you did, or did not do. (verb)

/rɪˈɡret/

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Translation

To feel sad about something you did, or did not do.

Word origin

From Old French regreter, meaning to mourn or to lament.

Verb typeregular, doubling the t (regret, regrets, regretted)

After "regret" we use the -ing form of the next verb.

Here "regret" means he wishes he had stayed.

"Regret" often points to a feeling that comes later.

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This word is part of lesson 28.