Meaning

1 senses
  1. (informal, predicative, usually)A gladiolus (plant).

More definitions
  • any of numerous plants of the genus Gladiolus native chiefly to tropical and South Africa having sword-shaped leaves and one-sided spikes of brightly colored funnel-shaped flowers; widely cultivated

Examples

3276 sentences
  1. I'm glad to see you back.

    Я радий бачити, що ти повернувся. — uaspeaker

    ruЯ рад видеть, что ты вернулся. — Hellerick

    deEs freut mich, dich wiederzusehen. — xtofu80

  2. I'm very glad to see you.

    Дуже радий тебе бачити. — deniko

    ruЯ очень рад тебя видеть. — Arkadeko

    deIch bin sehr froh, dich zu sehen. — jakov

  3. I'm very glad to hear that.

    Я дуже радий це почути. — deniko

    ruОчень рад это слышать. — marafon

    deEs freut mich sehr, das zu hören. — Liface

  4. I'm very glad I wasn't there.

    Я дуже радий, що мене там не було. — deniko

    ruОчень рад, что не был там. — corvard

    deIch bin sehr froh, dass ich nicht dort war. — Manfredo

  5. I'm glad to see you again.

    Я радий знову тебе бачити. — aandrusiak

    ruЯ рад видеть Вас снова. — al_ex_an_der

    deIch freue mich, dich wiederzusehen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Origin

Abbreviation of gladiolus.

Abbreviation of gladiolus.

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Forms

plural: glads
Singularglad
Pluralglads

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • any of numerous plants of the genus Gladiolus native chiefly to tropical and South Africa having sword-shaped leaves and one-sided spikes of brightly colored funnel-shaped flowers; widely cultivated:gladiolusgladiolasword lily

Collocations

12 patterns
  • was glad that
  • glad to see
  • be glad to
  • glad to hear
  • glad that that
  • really glad
  • was really glad
  • be very glad
  • glad to help
  • would be glad
  • glad no one
  • very glad to

See also

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