rejoice

verb re·joice \ ri-ˈjȯis \

|Updated on: 10 Aug 2018

Examples: rejoice in a Sentence

Definition of rejoice

rejoiced; rejoicing

transitive verb

: to give joy to : gladden

intransitive verb

: to feel joy or great delight

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rejoicer

noun

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rejoicingly

play \ri-ˈjȯi-siŋ-lē\ adverb

— rejoice in

: have, possess

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Examples of rejoice in a Sentence

We all rejoiced over our friend's good luck.
rejoiced over our unexpected victory on the soccer field

Recent Examples of rejoice from the Web

Old fireplace lovers, rejoice: A handful of brick fireplaces help the home retain its antique origins.

— jenny xie, Curbed, "Restored 1756 Martha’s Vineyard farmhouse asks $2.25M," 10 July 2018
The Miami Heat lost in the NBA Finals that year in large part because James had an inexplicable clunker of a series, and the basketball world rejoiced in collective LeBronfreude.

— ben cohen, WSJ, "LeBron James Has Another Decision. These Boys and Girls Won’t Be There.," 27 June 2018
Alt-rock fans everywhere rejoiced upon the news of a Smashing Pumpkins reunion back in February.

— rania aniftos, Billboard, "Billy Corgan Talks Smashing Pumpkins Reunion, D'arcy Wretzky Feud: 'She Just Didn't Like the Way It Was Going to Be Set Up'," 12 June 2018
There’s good news and bad news: Detroit’s drought isn’t the worst, so fans can rejoice in that.

— orion sang, Detroit Free Press, "Where Detroit ranks among longest championship droughts," 8 June 2018
For now, however, the family is simply rejoicing in having finally found him.

— Washington Post, "Discovery of World War II soldier’s plane brings closure," 24 May 2018
Meanwhile, locals in the towns near the caves are rejoicing as the first of the boys make their way to hospitals where they’ll be accessed and treated.

— laura yan, Popular Mechanics, "Four Boys Have Been Rescued From Thailand Caves," 8 July 2018
For a few short hours the nation rejoiced that the search had ended.

— Time, "Grandfather of Trapped Thai Boy Says He’ll ‘Never Let Them Near a Cave Again’," 5 July 2018
Insurgent candidates running for state offices and those who have bucked the county organization in the past rejoiced.

— New York Times, "Crowley’s Loss Heralds an ‘End of an Era’: Last of the Party Bosses," 28 June 2018

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Origin and Etymology of rejoice

Middle English, from Anglo-French rejois-, stem of rejoier, rejoir, from re- + joir to welcome, enjoy, from Latin gaudēre to be glad — more at joy

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First Known Use: 14th century

in the meaning defined at intransitive sense

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