rejoice

«rejoice» in Mova's school dictionary: to feel or show great joy or happiness — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (rejoice, rejoices, rejoiced, rejoicing); noun rejoicing

meaning for a pupil

1) To rejoice is to feel or show great joy or happiness. tree →

2) (church, Bible) To rejoice in God is to be glad and praise God, as in "Rejoice in the Lord always". tree →

sense in the lessons

In church and the Bible, "rejoice" is a common word in hymns, psalms and Christmas carols ("Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel"). In stories, a whole village rejoices when the dragon is defeated or a lost child comes home. In everyday speech it sounds rather formal or old-fashioned; people more often say "celebrate" or "be over the moon". Phrases: "rejoice at", "rejoice in", "rejoice over", "there was great rejoicing".

examples

• The whole village rejoiced when the lost girl was found. tree →
• (Bible) "Rejoice in the Lord always," wrote Saint Paul. tree →
• We sang "Rejoice" at the carol service. tree →
• (Bible) In the parable, the shepherd rejoiced when he found the lost sheep. tree →
• There was great rejoicing when the war ended. tree →
• The fans rejoiced as the final whistle blew. tree →
• (formal) We rejoice at the news of your recovery. tree →
• And my father’s heart will rejoice.’ tree →

note

Regular verb: rejoiced, rejoicing. The noun "rejoicing" is uncountable ("much rejoicing"). It is a formal or church word; in everyday talk say "be very happy" or "celebrate".

In the corpora

• And thou shalt sacrifice peace-offerings, and shalt eat there; and thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God.
• And of Zebulun he said: Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out, and, Issachar, in thy tents.
• Forasmuch as this people hath refused the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoiceth with Rezin and Remaliah's son;
• The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.
• The wilderness and the parched land shall be glad; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «rejoice» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.