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English verb: rejoice | |||
| 1. | rejoice (emotion) feel happiness or joy | ||
| Synonyms | joy | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | experience, feel | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | be on cloud nine, cheer, cheer up, chirk up, exult, gladden, jump for joy, walk on air | ||
| 2. | rejoice (communication) to express great joy | ||
| Samples | Who cannot exult in Spring?. | ||
| Examples | Sam and Sue rejoice over the results of the experiment | ||
| Synonyms | exuberate, exult, jubilate, triumph | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cheer, cheer up, chirk up | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | glory | ||
| 3. | rejoice (emotion) be ecstatic with joy | ||
| Synonyms | triumph, wallow | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | be on cloud nine, exult, jump for joy, walk on air | ||
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