rejoice
verb/rɪˈdʒɔɪs/
/rɪˈdʒɔɪs/
[intransitive, transitive] (formal)Verb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they rejoice | /rɪˈdʒɔɪs/ /rɪˈdʒɔɪs/ |
| he / she / it rejoices | /rɪˈdʒɔɪsɪz/ /rɪˈdʒɔɪsɪz/ |
| past simple rejoiced | /rɪˈdʒɔɪst/ /rɪˈdʒɔɪst/ |
| past participle rejoiced | /rɪˈdʒɔɪst/ /rɪˈdʒɔɪst/ |
| -ing form rejoicing | /rɪˈdʒɔɪsɪŋ/ /rɪˈdʒɔɪsɪŋ/ |
- to express great happiness about something
- When the war ended, people finally had cause to rejoice.
- rejoice at/in/over something The motor industry is rejoicing at the cut in car tax.
- rejoice to do something They rejoiced to see their son well again.
- rejoice that… I rejoice that justice has prevailed.
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘cause joy to’): from Old French rejoiss-, lengthened stem of rejoir, from re- (expressing intensive force) + joir ‘experience joy’.Want to learn more?
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Idioms
See rejoice in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionaryrejoice in the name of…
- (British English, humorous) to have a name that sounds funny
- He rejoiced in the name of Owen Owen.
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