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verb | noun lamentlament1 /ləˈmɛnt/ verb [intransitive, transitive] ETYMOLOGYlament1Origin: 1500-1600 French lamenter, from Latin lamentari, from lamentum a lament VERB TABLElament |
| Present | I, you, we, they | lament | | he, she, it | laments | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | lamented | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have lamented | | he, she, it | has lamented | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had lamented | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will lament | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have lamented |
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| Present | I | am lamenting | | he, she, it | is lamenting | | you, we, they | are lamenting | | Past | I, he, she, it | was lamenting | | you, we, they | were lamenting | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been lamenting | | he, she, it | has been lamenting | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been lamenting | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be lamenting | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been lamenting |
► lament the fact that Teachers often lament the fact that students lack motivation. 1to express annoyance or disappointment about something you think is unsatisfactory or unfair: Teachers often lament the fact that students lack motivation.2formal to express feelings of sadness about something: The couple are still lamenting the loss of their daughter. verb | noun lamentlament2 noun [countable] 1eng. lang. arts a song, poem, or something that you say, that expresses a feeling of sadness: A lone piper played a lament.2a complaint about something |