happy

happy
hap|py
W1S1 [ˈhæpi] adj comparative happier superlative happiest
[Date: 1300-1400; Origin: hap 'chance, luck' (13-20 centuries), from Old Norse happ]
1.) having feelings of pleasure, for example because something good has happened to you or you are very satisfied with your life
≠ ↑sad
▪ It's a lovely house and we've been very happy here.
▪ I've never felt happier in my life.
▪ He was a happy child who rarely cried.
▪ the happy faces of the children
▪ I loved her and thought I could make her happy .
happy to do sth
▪ John will be so happy to see you.
happy (that)
▪ I'm happy that everything worked out well in the end.
be/feel happy for sb
▪ What a wonderful opportunity! I'm so happy for you.
happy in your work/job etc
happy to be doing sth
▪ We're very happy to be taking part.
the happy couple
(=a couple that have just got married or will soon get married)
2.) [usually before noun]
a happy time, relationship, event etc is a good one that makes you feel happy
▪ This has been the happiest day of my life.
▪ They had a very happy marriage.
▪ I have lots of happy memories of the place.
▪ The story has a happy ending , however.
▪ When's the happy event (=the birth of your child) ?
3.) [not before noun]
satisfied or not worried
happy with
▪ On the whole, I'm happy with the way I look.
▪ People living nearby are not happy with the decision.
happy about
▪ Mom wasn't happy about Tess going off travelling on her own.
▪ I pretended to agree with her, just to keep her happy .
happy doing sth
▪ I'm quite happy doing what I'm doing.
4.) be happy to do sth
to be very willing to do something, especially to help someone
▪ Our team will be happy to help.
▪ I'd be happy to take you in my car.
5.) Happy Birthday/New Year/Christmas etc
used to wish someone happiness on a special occasion
▪ Happy Birthday, Michael!
▪ Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!
6.) many happy returns
used to wish someone happiness on their ↑birthday
7.) [only before noun]
fortunate or lucky
▪ By a happy coincidence , James was also in town that weekend.
▪ I'm in the happy position of not having to work.
8.) a happy medium (between sth and sth)
a way of doing something that is not extreme but is somewhere between two possible choices
▪ I always tried to strike a happy medium between having a home that looked like a bomb had hit it and becoming obsessively tidy.
9.) [only before noun] formal
suitable
▪ His choice of words was not a very happy one.
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WORD FOCUS: words meaning happy
cheerful behaving in a way that shows you are happy
in a good mood happy at a particular time, and therefore friendly to other people
pleased/glad happy because something good has happened
delighted/thrilled/overjoyed/ecstatic very happy because something good has happened
contented happy with your life
optimistic/positive believing that good things will happen in the future
gleeful/gloating smug happy because something bad has happened to someone else
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Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.

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