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WordBand 5.5–6.5Core (NGSL)
complain
/kəmˈpleɪn/
verb
to say that you are not happy or satisfied with something or someone
- “That teacher sometimes hits his students, but no one complains.”Tatoeba
- “About distant relatives, one can complain to their heart's content.”Tatoeba
Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.
Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR); IPA generated with eSpeak NG (GPL-3.0 (software))