Glad
WordNet
adjective
(1) Cheerful and bright
"A beaming smile"
"A glad May morning"
(2) Feeling happy appreciation
"Glad of the fire's warmth"
(3) Showing or causing joy and pleasure; especially made happy
"Glad you are here"
"Glad that they succeeded"
"Gave a glad shout"
"A glad smile"
"Heard the glad news"
"A glad occasion"
(4) Eagerly disposed to act or to be of service
"Glad to help"
noun
(5) Any of numerous plants of the genus Gladiolus native chiefly to tropical and South Africa having sword-shaped leaves and one-sided spikes of brightly colored funnel-shaped flowers; widely cultivated
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Verb
- To make glad; to cheer; to gladden; to exhilarate.
- 1922, A. E. Housman, Epithalamium, line 3
- God that glads the lover's heart,
- 1922, A. E. Housman, Epithalamium, line 3
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Adjective
- happy, glad
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Adjective
glad (comparative: gladder, superlative: gladst)
Declension
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