word-vault/dist/data/cards/gl/glad.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "glad",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "pleased; happy",
            "sensetop": "glad about somethingglad to know, hear, see…glad (that)…glad to do somethingglad for somebody",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "‘I passed the test!’ ‘I’m **so glad**.’"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was glad when the meeting was over."
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘He doesn't need the pills any more.’ ‘I'm glad about that.’",
                    "contextForm": "glad about something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'm glad to hear you're feeling better.",
                    "contextForm": "glad to know, hear, see…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I’m glad (that) you’re feeling better.",
                    "contextForm": "glad (that)…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was glad he'd come."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'm **just glad** you’re safe!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I've never been so glad to see anyone in my life!",
                    "contextForm": "glad to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'm glad to meet you. I've heard a lot about you."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He talked so much that they were really glad to see the back of him *(= when he left)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'm so glad for him because he's such a nice lad.",
                    "contextForm": "glad for somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "What have I got to be glad about?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She's absolutely fine, I'm glad to say."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'm just glad it's all over."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was only too glad to escape them all."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The smell of the sea air makes you glad to be alive!"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Feelings"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "feel", "look"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
                "preposition": ["about", "for", "of"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "grateful for something",
            "sensetop": "glad of somethingglad if…",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She was very glad of her warm coat in the biting wind.",
                    "contextForm": "glad of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'd be glad of your help."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was secretly glad of his company."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'd be glad if you could help me.",
                    "contextForm": "glad if…"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "feel", "look"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
                "preposition": ["about", "for", "of"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "very willing to do something",
            "sensetop": "glad to do something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I'd be glad to lend you the money."
                },
                {
                    "text": "If you'd like me to help you, I'd **be only too glad to**."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "feel", "look"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
                "preposition": ["about", "for", "of"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "bringing joy; full of joy",
            "labels": "(old-fashioned)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**glad tidings**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They greeted each other with glad cries."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used when you are commenting on a situation and saying that you are happy about it",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Most teachers, I'm glad to say, take their jobs very seriously."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɡlæd/",
                "audio": "gl/glad/glad__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɡlæd/",
                "audio": "gl/glad/glad__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English glæd (originally in the sense ‘bright, shining’), of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse glathr ‘bright, joyous’ and German glatt ‘smooth’, also to Latin glaber ‘smooth, hairless’."
}