complaint

«complaint» in Mova's school dictionary: wrong or not good enough — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a complaint, complaints)

meaning for a pupil

1) A statement that something is wrong or not good enough. tree →

2) A reason for being unhappy. tree →

3) An official report that someone did something wrong (make a complaint). tree →

4) An illness or health problem (a skin complaint). tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life: complain to a shop, write a letter of complaint. In English lessons: writing a formal complaint letter. Health: «a common complaint» is a common illness. Phrases: make/file a complaint, letter of complaint, no complaints.

examples

• We made a complaint about the broken toy. tree →
• Mum wrote a letter of complaint to the bus company. tree →
• My only complaint is that the film was too short. tree →
• The doctor treated her skin complaint. tree →
• Any complaints should go to the head teacher. tree →
• No complaints — dinner was great! tree →
• "Now, I'm tired of these complaints," said the Fire-drum. tree →

note

Verb: complain (to complain about something). Spelling: complai-nt. Not «complain» as a noun. Complement/compliment are different words.

In the corpora

• One complaint is not a pattern; get facts before you warn people off a business.
• Bit by bit its eyes and its head appear, and Alice tells it all her complaints.
• The Psalms are full of honest feelings, even complaints to God: "How long, Lord?
• Attend unto me, and hear me; I am distraught in my complaint, and will moan;
• Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint; preserve my life from the terror of the enemy.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «complaint» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.