thankful

«thankful» in Mova's school dictionary: Feeling glad and grateful that something good happened or… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (thankful, more thankful, most thankful)

meaning for a pupil

1) Feeling glad and grateful that something good happened or something bad did not happen. tree →

2) Feeling thanks towards someone. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life and stories it shows relief and gratitude: «thankful that nobody was hurt». In many families and schools, at harvest festivals or Thanksgiving (USA, Canada), people say what they are thankful for. Phrases: «thankful for», «thankful that», «be thankful», «small mercies».

examples

• I'm thankful for my friends and family. tree →
• We were thankful that nobody was hurt in the storm. tree →
• Be thankful for what you have. tree →
• She was thankful for the warm soup after the cold walk. tree →
• At Thanksgiving we each say one thing we're thankful for. tree →
• The farmer was thankful for the rain. tree →

note

Followed by «for» + noun or «that» + sentence. Adverb: «thankfully» (also used to mean «luckily»: «Thankfully, it stopped raining»). «Thankful» and «grateful» are close; «grateful» is used more for thanks to a person.

Trees and pragmatics

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