rejoicing
noun/rɪˈdʒɔɪsɪŋ/
/rɪˈdʒɔɪsɪŋ/
[uncountable] (also rejoicings [plural])
- the happy celebration of something
- a time of great rejoicing
Extra ExamplesTopics Feelingsc2- Finding a job should have been an occasion for rejoicing.
- She had a personal cause for rejoicing.
- The bridge was completed in 1811 amid much rejoicing.
- There were scenes of rejoicing at the news.
- general rejoicing at the team's victory
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- great
- much
- general
- …
- amid rejoicing
- rejoicing at
- a cause for rejoicing
- an occasion for rejoicing
- scenes of rejoicing
- …
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