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glad

1 [glad]

adjective, glad⋅der, glad⋅dest, verb, glad⋅ded, glad⋅ding.

–adjective

1.	feeling joy or pleasure; delighted; pleased: glad about the good news; glad that you are here.

2.	accompanied by or causing joy or pleasure: a glad occasion; glad tidings.

3.	characterized by or showing cheerfulness, joy, or pleasure, as looks or utterances.

4.	very willing: I'll be glad to give him your message.

–verb (used with object)

5.	Archaic. to make glad.

Origin:
bef. 900; ME; OE glæd; c. ON glathr bright, glad, D glad, G glatt smooth; akin to L glaber smooth

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Language Translation for : Glad

Spanish:

feliz, alegre, contento,

German:

froh,

Japanese:

うれしい

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glad

2 [glad]

–noun

gladiolus (def. 1).

Origin:
1920–25; by shortening

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glad¹ (glād) Pronunciation Key
adj. glad·der, glad·dest

1. Experiencing or exhibiting joy and pleasure.
2. Appreciative: was glad of the fire's warmth.
Providing joy and pleasure: a glad occasion.
Very willing; pleased: glad to help.
Bright and cheerful: a glad May morning.
Archaic Having a naturally cheerful disposition.

tr. & intr.v. glad·ded, glad·ding, glads Archaic
To gladden.

[Middle English, from Old English glæd; see ghel-² in Indo-European roots.]
glad'ly adv., glad'ness n.

Synonyms: These adjectives mean being in or showing good spirits. Glad often refers to the feeling that results from the gratification of a wish or from satisfaction with immediate circumstances: "Some folks rail against other folks, because other folks have what some folks would be glad of" (Henry Fielding).
Happy applies to a pleasurable feeling of contentment: "Ask yourself whether you are happy, and you cease to be so" (John Stuart Mill).
Cheerful suggests characteristic good spirits: a cheerful volunteer.
Lighthearted stresses the absence of care: "He whistles as he goes, lighthearted wretch,/Cold and yet cheerful" (William Cowper).
Joyful and joyous suggest lively, often exultant happiness: a joyful heart; joyous laughter.

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glad² (glād) Pronunciation Key
n. Botany
A gladiolus.

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glad

O.E. glæd "bright, shining, joyous," from P.Gmc. *glathaz (cf. O.N. glaðr "smooth, bright, glad," O.Fris. gled, Du. glad "slippery," Ger. glatt "smooth"), from PIE *ghledho- "bright, smooth" (cf. L. glaber "smooth, bald," O.C.S. gladuku, Lith. glodus "smooth"), from PIE base *ghlei- "to shine, glitter, glow, be warm" (see gleam). The modern sense is much weaker. Gladden is O.E. gladian "be glad, make glad" + -en. Slang glad rags "one's best clothes" first recorded 1902. Glad hand "the hand of welcome" (often used cynically) is from 1895.

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glad
adjective
1.	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" [ant: sad]
2.	eagerly disposed to act or to be of service; "glad to help"
3.	feeling happy appreciation; "glad of the fire's warmth"
4.	cheerful and bright; "a beaming smile"; "a glad May morning" [syn: beaming]
noun
1.	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 [syn: gladiolus]

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glad

In addition to the idioms beginning with glad, also see give someone the once-over (glad eye); not suffer fools gladly.

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Glad

Glad\, a. [Compar. Gladder; superl. Gladdest.] [AS. gl[ae]d bright, glad; akin to D. glad smooth, G. glatt, OHG. glat smooth, shining, Icel. gla?r glad, bright, Dan. & Sw. glad glad, Lith. glodas smooth, and prob. to L. glaber, and E. glide. Cf. Glabrous.]

1. Pleased; joyous; happy; cheerful; gratified; -- opposed to sorry, sorrowful, or unhappy; -- said of persons, and often followed by of, at, that, or by the infinitive, and sometimes by with, introducing the cause or reason.

A wise son maketh a glad father. --Prov. x. 1.

He that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished. --Prov. xvii. 5.

The Trojan, glad with sight of hostile blood. --Dryden.

He, glad of her attention gained. --Milton.

As we are now glad to behold your eyes. --Shak.

Glad am I that your highness is so armed. --Shak.

Glad on 't, glad of it. [Colloq.] --Shak.

2. Wearing a gay or bright appearance; expressing or exciting joy; producing gladness; exhilarating.

Her conversation More glad to me than to a miser money is. --Sir P. Sidney.

Glad evening and glad morn crowned the fourth day. --Milton.

Syn: Pleased; gratified; exhilarated; animated; delighted; happy; cheerful; joyous; joyful; cheering; exhilarating; pleasing; animating.

Usage: Glad, Delighted, Gratified. Delighted expresses a much higher degree of pleasure than glad. Gratified always refers to a pleasure conferred by some human agent, and the feeling is modified by the consideration that we owe it in part to another. A person may be glad or delighted to see a friend, and gratified at the attention shown by his visits.

Glad

Glad\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gladded; p. pr. & vb. n. Gladding.] [AS. gladian. See Glad, a., and cf. Gladden, v. t.] To make glad; to cheer; to gladden; to exhilarate. --Chaucer.

That which gladded all the warrior train. --Dryden.

Each drinks the juice that glads the heart of man. --Pope.

Glad

Glad\, v. i. To be glad; to rejoice. [Obs.] --Massinger.