Definition of gratitude
: the state of being grateful : thankfulness expressed gratitude for their support
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Examples of gratitude in a Sentence
Let me express my sincere gratitude for all your help.
We remember with gratitude those who died defending our country.
Recent Examples of gratitude from the Web
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The walls also would undoubtedly recall gratitude expressed regularly by members of Troop and Pack 119, Troop and Pack 111, and the entire Bogue Tuchenna District of Boy Scouts of America.
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William also met with police officers, expressing his gratitude for the actions of those first on the scene of the blast.
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Jacobs emphasizes, above all else, immense gratitude for the performers who have come before her.
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Many visitors to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., feel compelled to leave offerings of love or gratitude or remembrance ... a pair of boots, photographs, letters, even a last cigarette.
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Some will express their gratitude with wild-eyed enthusiasm, others grudgingly.
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Trump skipped the bits about common values with our NATO allies, or gratitude for their invoking the mutual-defense provisions of the North Atlantic Treaty on our behalf in the wake of 9/11.
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This offering of gratitude can be maddeningly tricky.
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One after another, proclamations of love, admiration and gratitude poured forth.
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Origin and Etymology of gratitude
Middle English, from Anglo-French or Medieval Latin; Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin gratitudo, from Latin gratus grateful
GRATITUDE Defined for English Language Learners
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: a feeling of appreciation or thanks
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: a feeling of appreciation
Word Root of gratitude
The Latin word gratus, meaning “pleasing” or “thankful,” gives us the root grat. Words from the Latin gratus have something to do with being pleasing or being thankful. To ingratiate yourself is to make others feel thankful for something you've done. To feel grateful is to feel thankful for something. Gratitude is a feeling of thankfulness. To congratulate is to express how pleasing someone's success is.
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