B2verb · intransitive · common

delight

delight · delights · delighted · delighting

догоджати, годити

нравиться, доставлять удовольствие, радовать

gefallen, belieben, rechtmachen

To give delight to; to affect with great pleasure; to please highlyTo give delight to; to affect with great pleasure; to please highly.

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/dəˈlaɪt/

» I'd be delighted to sing for you.

Ich würde mich freuen, dir etwas vorzusingen.

Я буду радий заспівати для тебе.

Meaning

2 senses

To give delight to; to affect with great pleasure; to please highly.
A beautiful landscape delights the eye.
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
(intransitive)To have or take great pleasure.
take delight in

Examples

333 sentences

I'd be delighted to sing for you.
Я буду радий заспівати для тебе.
deIch würde mich freuen, dir etwas vorzusingen.
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I was delighted to do it.
Я був радий це зробити.
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I was delighted at the news of her success.
Я був радий почути про її успіх.
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I'm delighted to hear that.
Я радий це чути.
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I'm delighted to meet you.
Радий з вами познайомитися.
ruЯ очень рад познакомиться с тобой.
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Origin

Attested from the 13th century, from Middle English delite, from Old French deleiter, deli

Attested from the 13th century, from Middle English delite, from Old French deleiter, deliter, from Latin dēlectāre (“to delight, please”), frequentative of dēlicere (“to allure, entice”), from dē- (“away”) + laciō (“to lure, to deceive”), from Proto-Italic *lakjō (“to draw, pull”), of unknown ultimate origin. Doublet of delect. Related with delectation, delicate, delicious and dilettante. The modern unetymological spelling (instead of expected delite) is influenced by light and other words ending in -ight, such as might, bright, etc. The -gh- may also be an attempt to represent the Latin -c-; compare obsolete indight for indict.

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Forms

delights, delighting, delighted, delighted

Base form	delight · to delight
3rd person singular	delights
Present participle	delighting
Past simple	delighted
Past participle	delighted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	delight
he, she, it	delights

Past simpleLesson

all persons

delighted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have delighted
he, she, it	has delighted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will delight

Synonyms

43 synonyms

brightA1 cheerA2 fetchB1 cherishB1 contentB1 elevateC1 exhilarateC1 gayB1 happyA1 pleaseB1 cheer up perk up beatify enrapture

Close in meaning

take delight in:enjoy revel
give pleasure to or be pleasing to:please
hold spellbound:enchant enrapture transport enthrall ravish enthral

Word family

Derivedduping delight delighter delight in delightingly undelighting

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle

Collocations

7 patterns

be delighted to
delighted to hear
delighted to see
will be delighted
delighted with the
be delighted if
delighted to do