transcription, транскрипция: [ saɪ ]
( sighs, sighing, sighed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
When you sigh , you let out a deep breath, as a way of expressing feelings such as disappointment, tiredness, or pleasure.
Michael sighed wearily...
Dad sighed and stood up.
VERB : V prep / adv , V
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Sigh is also a noun.
She kicked off her shoes with a sigh...
N-COUNT
2.
If you sigh something, you say it with a sigh.
‘Oh, sorry. I forgot.’—‘Everyone forgets,’ the girl sighed.
VERB : V with quote
3.
If people breathe or heave a sigh of relief , they feel happy that something unpleasant has not happened or is no longer happening.
There was a big sigh of relief once the economic reform plan was agreed...
PHRASE : sigh inflects , PHR after v