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to rejoice

to rejoice

93 3.6
Feel or show that you are very happy
  • verb
  • /rɪˈdʒɔɪs/
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  • The children rejoiced when they saw the presents under the tree.
  • weep and rejoice
  • rejoice for the king

Instead, those who rejoice will wholly enter into this joy.

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Examples

  • I will rejoice and be glad in it.

  • God, our Father, we rejoice in the birth of our Savior.

    Rampage (1987)

  • If she believed everything he had taught her, she would rejoice that he was now with the Lord.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • And we rejoice, we hug, we cry.

  • Come, classmates and loved ones, rejoice on this day.

  • Again, I will say, rejoice, let your gentleness be known to everyone.

  • And you can be quite certain that we shall rejoice loudly when you finally achieve your goal.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • And this Christmas Eve vlog, we're going to rejoice in being with family.

  • We encourage one another as we would our siblings and rejoice in one another's accomplishments.

    Academic text (1995)

  • We rejoiced at the good news of her promotion.

Synonyms

to revel
vsto rejoice
29 6.3

To enjoy something very much

is extreme joy or delight shown broadly not only focused pleasure
to exult
vsto rejoice
  • Formal
6 7.0

Feel or show great joy after a success

is general extreme happiness not necessarily linked to success
to glory
vsto rejoice
4 5.3

To take great pride in something

is great joy without the added sense of personal pride
to jubilate
vsto rejoice
1 8.4

To feel or show great joy, for example after a big win

is the general feeling of extreme happiness rather than focused celebration

Antonyms

to mourn
191 3.0

Feel or show deep sadness after someone dies

How Joyful

to exult
  • Formal
6 7.0
to rejoice
93 3.6
to celebrate
∞ 1.4

Surface Forms

rejoice infinitive
rejoiced past
rejoiced past participle
rejoicing present participle
rejoices third person singular

Morphology

rejoice = re + joice

The form contains a recognisable element related to 'joy', but 'joice' is not a productive standalone English morpheme and 're-' does not carry a straightforward 'again' meaning here, so learners may only partially infer the meaning.

Etymology

Rejoice comes from an old form that added the prefix re- meaning 'again' or 'very' to the root joy, which goes back to the Latin word 'gaudere' meaning 'to be glad'. So to rejoice is to feel or show great joy.