mournmourn /mɔːn $ mɔːrn/ ●○○ verb [intransitive, transitive] 
Hundreds of people gathered to mourn the slain president.mourn for They mourned for their children, killed in the war.mourn somebody’s death/loss/passing She still mourns the death of her husband.2to feel very sad because something no longer exists or is no longer as good as it used to be: The old steam trains were much loved, and we all mourn their passing.
WORD ORIGINmourn
Origin:
Old English murnanVERB TABLE
mourn
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | mourn |
| he, she, it | mourns | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | mourned |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have mourned |
| he, she, it | has mourned | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had mourned |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will mourn |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have mourned |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am mourning |
| he, she, it | is mourning | |
| you, we, they | are mourning | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was mourning |
| you, we, they | were mourning | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been mourning |
| he, she, it | has been mourning | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been mourning |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be mourning |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been mourning |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- All the neighbours and relations who had come to mourn stood around the coffin.
- His death was mourned by hundreds of former pupils and countless friends.
- Hundreds of people gathered to mourn the slain president.
- My mother never stopped mourning for my sister Frances, who died when she was four.
- Residents mourned the loss of the trees.
- Depression is something we allow to happen if we choose not to mourn.
- How I envy him his focus and how I mourn for him his loss.
- In this house the Walls raised nine children, and mourned the loss of three other babies.
- She drew me close and comforted me as I mourned my child and the bond between us had never been stronger.
- Then Priam brought Hector home, mourned in Troy as never another.
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 She still mourns the death of her husband. The old steam trains were much loved, and we all mourn their passing.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
1to feel very sad and to miss someone after they have died SYN grieve for: She still mourns the death of her husband. The old steam trains were much loved, and we all mourn their passing. (=feel very sad after someone has died)· The entertainment world was last night mourning the actor's death.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB· Although their families still mourn their loss, they have tried to put their grief behind them and rebuild their lives.· They still mourned the loss of their old identity.· He really did believe she was still mourning Tony.· His wife of 54 years, Carol, had died the year before, and he was still mourning her.· Andrej, still mourned, was a hard act to follow.· The Moors wept at leaving Granada and still mourn its loss in their evening prayers.
NOUN· He becomes one of the essential features of a good detective story-a victim whose death readers do not mourn.
· Although their families still mourn their loss, they have tried to put their grief behind them and rebuild their lives.· How I envy him his focus and how I mourn for him his loss.· The Moors wept at leaving Granada and still mourn its loss in their evening prayers.· In this house the Walls raised nine children, and mourned the loss of three other babies.· I had been so in love with her, and a part of me needed to mourn that loss of feeling.· In the case of divorce, the child also mourns the loss of his original family constellation.· Remember: They may still be mourning the loss of the parent who has died or left home.· The years fall away and Pennington is a lonely little boy, mourning the loss of his three big sisters.
· Amid all the pride and sadness, the people of Candlestick mourned the death of a spirit.
Hundreds of people gathered to mourn the slain president.mourn for They mourned for their children, killed in the war.mourn somebody’s death/loss/passing She still mourns the death of her husband.2to feel very sad because something no longer exists or is no longer as good as it used to be: The old steam trains were much loved, and we all mourn their passing.