Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The feeling and expression of joy and gladness; procedure expressive of joy; festivity.
- noun The experience of joy.
- noun A subject of joy.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Joy; gladness; delight.
- noun The expression of joy or gladness.
- noun That which causes to rejoice; occasion of joy.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
rejoice . - noun An act of showing joy.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a feeling of great happiness
- noun the utterance of sounds expressing great joy
- adjective joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success
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Examples
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This kind of rejoicing is a little shocking and, frankly, a lot ugly.
Think Progress » BREAKING: Former Enron CEO Ken Lay is dead. 2006
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This kind of rejoicing is a little shocking and, frankly, a lot ugly.
Think Progress » BREAKING: Former Enron CEO Ken Lay is dead. 2006
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Now, Ubuntuites, the time of rejoicing is here as you can finally access the UbuntuOne Music Store in Banshee yourself!
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[W] e should not gloat over how self-aware we are for confessing them; the occasion for rejoicing is when we have a little less to confess.
Here is Wisdom, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Now, Ubuntuites, the time of rejoicing is here as you can finally access the UbuntuOne Music Store in Banshee yourself!
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Now, Ubuntuites, the time of rejoicing is here as you can finally access the UbuntuOne Music Store in Banshee yourself!
Archive 2010-04-01 2010
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The global community has joined together in rejoicing at the rescue of 33 Chilean miners.
Richard Walden: Chile is More Than 33 Miners -- The February 2010 Quake & Tsunami Richard Walden 2010
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The global community has joined together in rejoicing at the rescue of 33 Chilean miners.
Richard Walden: Chile is More Than 33 Miners -- The February 2010 Quake & Tsunami Richard Walden 2010
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The global community has joined together in rejoicing at the rescue of 33 Chilean miners.
Richard Walden: Chile is More Than 33 Miners -- The February 2010 Quake & Tsunami Richard Walden 2010
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The global community has joined together in rejoicing at the rescue of 33 Chilean miners.
Richard Walden: Chile is More Than 33 Miners -- The February 2010 Quake & Tsunami Richard Walden 2010
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