complaint

complaint: noun

1 act of complaining

ADJECTIVE

▪ serious

▪ common, familiar, frequent

▪ minor, small

▪ only

▪ My only complaint is that the website is a little difficult to use.

▪ biggest, chief, main, major, primary

▪ One of the chief complaints is the cost.

▪ formal, official

▪ legitimate, valid

▪ consumer, customer

▪ citizen (AmE)

▪ civil, criminal (AmE)

▪ discrimination, harassment

▪ ethics (AmE)

VERB + COMPLAINT

▪ have

▪ I have a complaint about the food.

▪ bring, file, lodge, make, raise, register, voice

▪ He brought a complaint against his former manager.

▪ They filed a complaint with the Commission.

▪ get, have, receive

▪ We have had some serious complaints from parents.

▪ address, deal with, handle, hear, investigate, respond to

▪ The tribunal heard complaints against the director.

▪ resolve

▪ ignore

▪ dismiss, reject

COMPLAINT + VERB

▪ arise

▪ complaints arising from late payment

▪ concern sth, relate to sth

▪ allege sth

COMPLAINT + NOUN

▪ complaint procedure (AmE), complaints procedure (BrE), complaint system (AmE)

▪ letter (esp. AmE) (usually letter of complaint in BrE and AmE)

▪ form

PREPOSITION

▪ complaint about

▪ a complaint about working conditions

▪ complaint against

▪ a complaint against the police

▪ complaint from

▪ a complaint from a customer

▪ complaint of

▪ a complaint of unfair dismissal

▪ complaint to

▪ to make a complaint to the authorities

PHRASES

▪ cause for complaint, grounds for complaint

▪ The way I was treated gave me no cause for complaint.

▪ a chorus of complaint

▪ a letter of complaint

▪ a matter of complaint (BrE, law)

2 illness

ADJECTIVE

▪ minor

▪ chronic

▪ common

▪ Not being able to sleep at night is a very common complaint.

▪ back, chest, etc.

▪ physical

▪ medical

VERB + COMPLAINT

▪ have, suffer from

▪ He has a minor skin complaint.

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Synonyms:

Murmur, lamentation, plaint, lament, wail / Malady, disease, ailment, ail, illness, indisposition, disorder, distemper, sickness / Accusation, charge, information

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complaint — com·plaint n 1: the initial pleading that starts a lawsuit and that sets forth the allegations made by the plaintiff against the defendant and the plaintiff s demand for relief see also prayer, process, well pleaded complaint rule compare … Law dictionary
complaint — com‧plaint [kəmˈpleɪnt] noun 1. [countable, uncountable] a written or spoken statement by someone complaining about something: • Our sales assistants are trained to deal with customer complaints in a friendly manner. • a letter of complaint… … Financial and business terms
Complaint — Com*plaint (k[o^]m*pl[=a]nt ), n. [F. complainte. See {Complain}.] 1. Expression of grief, regret, pain, censure, or resentment; lamentation; murmuring; accusation; fault finding. [1913 Webster] I poured out my complaint before him. Ps. cxlii. 2 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
complaint — late 14c., lamentation, grief, from O.Fr. complainte (12c.) complaint, lament, noun use of fem. pp. of complaindre (see COMPLAIN (Cf. complain)). Meaning bodily ailment is from 1705 (often in U.S. colloquial use generalized as complaints) … Etymology dictionary
complaint — [n1] statement of disagreement, discontent accusation, annoyance, beef*, cavil, CC*, charge, clamor, criticism, dissatisfaction, expostulation, fault finding, grievance, gripe, grouse, grumble, guff*, jeremiad, kick, lament, moan, objection,… … New thesaurus
Complaint — expression of dissatisfaction by any person or organization to a conformity assessment body or accreditation body, relating to the activities of that body, where a response is expected (p. 6.5 ISO 17000/IEC:2004, p. 3.9 ISO/IEC 17011:2004).… … Словарь-справочник терминов нормативно-технической документации
complaint — ► NOUN 1) an act of complaining. 2) a reason for dissatisfaction. 3) the expression of dissatisfaction: a letter of complaint. 4) an illness or medical condition, especially a relatively minor one … English terms dictionary
complaint — the initiatory document in a lawsuit that notifies the court and the defendant of the grounds claimed by the Plaintiff for an award of money or other relief against the defendant (Glossary of Common Bankruptcy Terms) The first or initiatory… … Glossary of Bankruptcy
complaint — ailment, *disease, disorder, condition, affection, malady, distemper, syndrome … New Dictionary of Synonyms
complaint — [kəm plānt′] n. [ME complainte < OFr < complaindre] 1. the act of complaining; utterance of pain, displeasure, annoyance, etc. 2. a subject or cause for complaining; grievance 3. an illness; ailment 4. Law a pleading setting forth the… … English World dictionary

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