Meaning

2 senses

  1. (informal, intransitive)Often followed by up: to become happy; to brighten up, to cheer up.

  2. (informal, transitive)Often followed by up: to make happy; to brighten, to cheer, to enliven.

Examples

8079 sentences

  1. Your smile always makes me happy.

    Твоя посмішка завжди робить мене щасливою. — oromashka

    ruТвоя улыбка всегда делает меня счастливым. — odexed

    deDein Lächeln macht mich immer glücklich. — Wolf

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  2. The rich are not always happy.

    Багаті не завжди щасливі. — deniko

    ruБогатые не всегда счастливы. — Gruzilkin

    deReiche sind nicht immer glücklich. — MUIRIEL

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  3. I hope you'll be happy forever.

    Сподіваюся, що ти завжди будеш щасливий. — deniko

    ruНадеюсь, ты будешь счастлив всегда. — odexed

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  4. She said that she was happy.

    Вона сказала, що вона щаслива. — deniko

    ruОна сказала, что счастлива. — marafon

    deSie sagte, dass sie glücklich sei. — Shishir

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  5. I'm happy to see you again.

    Я радий знову тебе бачити. — aandrusiak

    ruОчень рада снова тебя видеть. — marafon

    deEs freut mich, dich wiederzusehen. — xtofu80

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Origin

From Middle English happy (“fortunate, happy”), perhaps an alteration of Middle English ha

From Middle English happy (“fortunate, happy”), perhaps an alteration of Middle English happyn, happen (“fortunate, happy”), possibly related to or from Old Norse heppinn (“fortunate, happy”); and potentially assimilated to be equivalent to hap (“chance, luck, fortune”) + -y. Compare also Icelandic heppinn (“lucky”), Faroese heppin (“fortunate, lucky, happy”), Norwegian Nynorsk heppen (“lucky”), Scots happin (“fortunate, blessed”). See further at hap.

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Forms

happies, happying, happied, happied
Base formhappy · to happy
3rd person singularhappies
Present participlehappying
Past simplehappied
Past participlehappied

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyhappy
he, she, ithappies

Past simpleLesson

all personshappied

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave happied
he, she, ithas happied

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill happy

Synonyms

38 synonyms
brightA1cheerA2fetchB1cherishB1contentB1delightB2elevateC1exhilarateC1gayB1pleaseB1blithencheer upchirkliven up

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

12 patterns
  • be very happy
  • be happy to
  • be happy here
  • happy to see
  • to be happy
  • will be happy
  • very happy here
  • happy with the
  • would be happy
  • really happy
  • wasn't happy with
  • as happy as

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
happeninghappenstanceC2happilyA2happinessA2haramharangue

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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