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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/complaint/#m1)

2) A reason for being unhappy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/complaint/#m2)

3) An official report that someone did something wrong (make a complaint). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/complaint/#m3)

4) An illness or health problem (a skin complaint). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/complaint/#m4)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/complaint/#x1)
- Mum wrote a letter of complaint to the bus company. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/complaint/#x2)
- My only complaint is that the film was too short. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/complaint/#x3)
- The doctor treated her skin complaint. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/complaint/#x4)
- Any complaints should go to the head teacher. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/complaint/#x5)
- No complaints — dinner was great! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/complaint/#x6)
- "Now, I'm tired of these complaints," said the Fire-drum. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/complaint/#x7)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/43-our-street-when-a-guess-becomes-a-reputation/25/)
- [Bit by bit its eyes and its head appear, and Alice tells it all her complaints.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/16-alice-the-queens-croquet-ground-2/5/)
- [The Psalms are full of honest feelings, even complaints to God: "How long, Lord?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/97-honest-with-yourself-admitting-you-were-wrong/14/)
- [Attend unto me, and hear me; I am distraught in my complaint, and will moan;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.894/)
- [Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint; preserve my life from the terror of the enemy.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1032/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «complaint» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/complaint/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.