complains
- 1Third-person singular simple present of complain.
Our neighbor complains to the landlord about the noise every weekend.
The customer complains that the order arrived damaged.
Note
Every meaning of complain carries over into this -s form. A patient complains of a headache, a tenant complains to the landlord about noise, and an old floorboard or wheel complains when it creaks under strain. The verb is intransitive, so it takes no direct object. The grievance comes in through about, of, or a that-clause, and the listener comes in through to.
The old floorboard complains every time someone crosses the hall.
She complains of a sharp pain in her knee.
complains is a form of complain
complain, verb: To voice feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment about something. Full entry
- Forms
- complaincomplains he/she/itcomplaining -ing formcomplained past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- complain → complains: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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