"glad" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ɡlæd/ Audio: en-us-glad.ogg [US], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-glad.wav [UK] Forms: gladder [comparative], more glad [comparative], gladdest [superlative], most glad [superlative]
Rhymes: -æd Etymology: From Middle English glad, gled, from Old English glæd (“shining; bright; cheerful; glad”), from Proto-Germanic *gladaz (“shiny; gleaming; radiant; happy; glossy; smooth; flat”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰladʰ-, from *ǵʰelh₂- (“to shine”). Cognate with Scots gled, glaid (“shining; bright; glad”), Saterland Frisian glääd (“smooth; sleek”), West Frisian glêd (“smooth”), Dutch glad (“smooth; sleek; slippery”), German glatt (“smooth; sleek; slippery”), Danish, Norwegian and Swedish glad (“glad; happy; cheerful”), Icelandic glaður (“glad; joyful; cheery”), Latin glaber (“smooth; hairless; bald”). Doublet of glatt. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ǵʰelh₂-}}, {{der|en|enm|glad}} Middle English glad, {{m|enm|gled}} gled, {{der|en|ang|glæd||shining; bright; cheerful; glad}} Old English glæd (“shining; bright; cheerful; glad”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*gladaz||shiny; gleaming; radiant; happy; glossy; smooth; flat}} Proto-Germanic *gladaz (“shiny; gleaming; radiant; happy; glossy; smooth; flat”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*gʰladʰ-}} Proto-Indo-European *gʰladʰ-, {{m|ine-pro|*ǵʰelh₂-||to shine}} *ǵʰelh₂- (“to shine”), {{cog|sco|gled}} Scots gled, {{m|sco|glaid||shining; bright; glad}} glaid (“shining; bright; glad”), {{cog|stq|glääd||smooth; sleek}} Saterland Frisian glääd (“smooth; sleek”), {{cog|fy|glêd||smooth}} West Frisian glêd (“smooth”), {{cog|nl|glad||smooth; sleek; slippery}} Dutch glad (“smooth; sleek; slippery”), {{cog|de|glatt||smooth; sleek; slippery}} German glatt (“smooth; sleek; slippery”), {{cog|da|-}} Danish, {{cog|no|-}} Norwegian, {{cog|sv|glad||glad; happy; cheerful}} Swedish glad (“glad; happy; cheerful”), {{cog|is|glaður||glad; joyful; cheery}} Icelandic glaður (“glad; joyful; cheery”), {{cog|la|glaber||smooth; hairless; bald}} Latin glaber (“smooth; hairless; bald”), {{doublet|en|glatt}} Doublet of glatt Head templates: {{en-adj|gladder|more}} glad (comparative gladder or more glad, superlative gladdest or most glad)
  1. Pleased, happy, gratified. Tags: predicative Categories (topical): Happiness Translations (pleased, happy, satisfied): gëzuar (Albanian), فَرِح (fariḥ) (Arabic), şad (Azerbaijani), шат (şat) (Bashkir), ра́ды (rády) (Belarusian), шчаслі́вы (ščaslívy) (Belarusian), задаво́лены (zadavóljeny) (Belarusian), ра́достен (rádosten) (Bulgarian), дово́лен (dovólen) (Bulgarian), щастли́в (štastlív) (Bulgarian), ပျော် (pyau) (Burmese), ဝမ်းသာ (wam:sa) (Burmese), alegre (Catalan), content (Catalan), پێخۆشحاڵ (pêxoşḧall) (Central Kurdish), pya'kijnani (Chamicuro), 高興 (Chinese Cantonese), 高兴 (gou¹ hing³) (Chinese Cantonese), 高興 (Chinese Mandarin), 高兴 (gāoxìng) (Chinese Mandarin), rád (Czech), radostný (Czech), šťastný (Czech), glad (Danish), blij (Dutch), verheugd (Dutch), ĝoja (Esperanto), glaður [masculine] (Faroese), glað [feminine] (Faroese), iloinen (Finnish), content (French), heureux (French), froh (German), fröhlich (German), χαρούμενος (charoúmenos) (Greek), प्रसन्न (prasann) (Hindi), ख़ुश (xuś) (Hindi), मगन (magan) (Hindi), örül (note: “to be glad”; a verb) (Hungarian), boldog (english: happy) (Hungarian), vidám (english: cheerful) (Hungarian), gaudiose (Interlingua), áthasach (Irish), áthasúil (Irish), lieto (Italian), soddisfatto (Italian), appagato (Italian), compiaciuto (Italian), 嬉しい (ureshii) (alt: うれしい) (Japanese), 기쁘다 (gippeuda) (Korean), 반갑다 (ban'gapda) (Korean), ຍິນດີ (nyin dī) (Lao), prīceigs (Latgalian), gāvīsus (Latin), laetus (Latin), priecīgs (Latvian), džiaugsmingas (Lithuanian), задоволен (zadovolen) (Macedonian), uruhau (Maori), bucuros (Megleno-Romanian), paquini (Nahuatl), paqui (Nahuatl), froo (Plautdietsch), schaftich (Plautdietsch), zadowolony (Polish), usatysfakcjonowany (Polish), szczęśliwy (Polish), rad (Polish), uradowany (Polish), grato (Portuguese), feliz (Portuguese), alegre (Portuguese), contente (Portuguese), bucuros (Romanian), vesel (Romanian), счастли́вый (sčastlívyj) (Russian), ра́достный (rádostnyj) (Russian), дово́льный (dovólʹnyj) (Russian), рад (rad) (Russian), за̏дово̄љан [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), zȁdovōljan [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), rád (Slovak), šťastný (Slovak), vesel (Slovene), contento (Spanish), glad (Swedish), nöjd (Swedish), belåten (Swedish), шат (şat) (Tatar), ดีใจ (dii-jai) (Thai), กระหยิ่ม (Thai), กรุ้มกริ่ม (Thai), ชื่น (chʉ̂ʉn) (Thai), บันเทิง (ban-təəng) (Thai), ปราโมทย์ (Thai), ปริ่ม (bprìm) (Thai), ปรีดา (Thai), ปลื้ม (bplʉ̂ʉm) (Thai), ปิติ (bpì-dtì) (Thai), หฤหรรษ์ (Thai), เปรม (bpreem) (Thai), โสมนัส (Thai), ра́дий (rádyj) (Ukrainian), ра́дісний (rádisnyj) (Ukrainian), задово́лений (zadovólenyj) (Ukrainian), щасли́вий (ščaslývyj) (Ukrainian), vui mừng (Vietnamese), vui lòng (Vietnamese), vui (Vietnamese), fredik (Volapük), binåjhe [feminine, masculine] (Walloon), contin [masculine] (Walloon), צופֿרידן (tsufridn) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-glad-en-adj-3pAsL8wv Disambiguation of Happiness: 49 27 1 23 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 34 7 5 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 67 21 7 5 Disambiguation of 'pleased, happy, satisfied': 86 14
  2. (obsolete) Having a bright or cheerful appearance; expressing or exciting joy; producing gladness. Tags: obsolete, predicative
    Sense id: en-glad-en-adj--FZST9rb
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Noun

IPA: /ɡlæd/ Audio: en-us-glad.ogg [US], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-glad.wav [UK] Forms: glads [plural]
Rhymes: -æd Etymology: Abbreviation of gladiolus Etymology templates: {{abbrev|en|gladiolus}} Abbreviation of gladiolus Head templates: {{en-noun}} glad (plural glads)
  1. (informal) A gladiolus (plant). Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-glad-en-noun-uf2BUK9K
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /ɡlæd/ Audio: en-us-glad.ogg [US], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-glad.wav [UK] Forms: glads [present, singular, third-person], gladding [participle, present], gladded [participle, past], gladded [past]
Rhymes: -æd Etymology: From Middle English glad, gled, from Old English glæd (“shining; bright; cheerful; glad”), from Proto-Germanic *gladaz (“shiny; gleaming; radiant; happy; glossy; smooth; flat”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰladʰ-, from *ǵʰelh₂- (“to shine”). Cognate with Scots gled, glaid (“shining; bright; glad”), Saterland Frisian glääd (“smooth; sleek”), West Frisian glêd (“smooth”), Dutch glad (“smooth; sleek; slippery”), German glatt (“smooth; sleek; slippery”), Danish, Norwegian and Swedish glad (“glad; happy; cheerful”), Icelandic glaður (“glad; joyful; cheery”), Latin glaber (“smooth; hairless; bald”). Doublet of glatt. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ǵʰelh₂-}}, {{der|en|enm|glad}} Middle English glad, {{m|enm|gled}} gled, {{der|en|ang|glæd||shining; bright; cheerful; glad}} Old English glæd (“shining; bright; cheerful; glad”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*gladaz||shiny; gleaming; radiant; happy; glossy; smooth; flat}} Proto-Germanic *gladaz (“shiny; gleaming; radiant; happy; glossy; smooth; flat”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*gʰladʰ-}} Proto-Indo-European *gʰladʰ-, {{m|ine-pro|*ǵʰelh₂-||to shine}} *ǵʰelh₂- (“to shine”), {{cog|sco|gled}} Scots gled, {{m|sco|glaid||shining; bright; glad}} glaid (“shining; bright; glad”), {{cog|stq|glääd||smooth; sleek}} Saterland Frisian glääd (“smooth; sleek”), {{cog|fy|glêd||smooth}} West Frisian glêd (“smooth”), {{cog|nl|glad||smooth; sleek; slippery}} Dutch glad (“smooth; sleek; slippery”), {{cog|de|glatt||smooth; sleek; slippery}} German glatt (“smooth; sleek; slippery”), {{cog|da|-}} Danish, {{cog|no|-}} Norwegian, {{cog|sv|glad||glad; happy; cheerful}} Swedish glad (“glad; happy; cheerful”), {{cog|is|glaður||glad; joyful; cheery}} Icelandic glaður (“glad; joyful; cheery”), {{cog|la|glaber||smooth; hairless; bald}} Latin glaber (“smooth; hairless; bald”), {{doublet|en|glatt}} Doublet of glatt Head templates: {{en-verb}} glad (third-person singular simple present glads, present participle gladding, simple past and past participle gladded)
  1. (archaic, transitive) To make glad. Tags: archaic, transitive Synonyms: cheer up, gladden, exhilarate
    Sense id: en-glad-en-verb-lZx0meZR
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "gëzuar"
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          "word": "şad"
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          "roman": "şat",
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          "word": "шат"
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          "roman": "rády",
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          "word": "ра́ды"
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          "word": "шчаслі́вы"
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          "code": "be",
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          "roman": "zadavóljeny",
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          "word": "задаво́лены"
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "rádosten",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "ра́достен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "dovólen",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "дово́лен"
        },
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          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "štastlív",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "щастли́в"
        },
        {
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          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "pyau",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "ပျော်"
        },
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          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "wam:sa",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "ဝမ်းသာ"
        },
        {
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "alegre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "content"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "ccc",
          "lang": "Chamicuro",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "pya'kijnani"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "高興"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "gou¹ hing³",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "高兴"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "高興"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "gāoxìng",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "高兴"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "rád"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "radostný"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "šťastný"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "glad"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "blij"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "verheugd"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "ĝoja"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "glaður"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "glað"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "iloinen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "content"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "heureux"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "froh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "fröhlich"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "charoúmenos",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "χαρούμενος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "prasann",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "प्रसन्न"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "xuś",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "ख़ुश"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "magan",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "मगन"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "note": "“to be glad”; a verb",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "örül"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "hu",
          "english": "happy",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "boldog"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "hu",
          "english": "cheerful",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "vidám"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "ia",
          "lang": "Interlingua",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "gaudiose"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "áthasach"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "áthasúil"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "note": "as a predicative",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "note": "usually expressed by a construction with the noun áthas m",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "lieto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "soddisfatto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "appagato"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "compiaciuto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "alt": "うれしい",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "ureshii",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "嬉しい"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "gippeuda",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "기쁘다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "ban'gapda",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "반갑다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "pêxoşḧall",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "پێخۆشحاڵ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "nyin dī",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "ຍິນດີ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "ltg",
          "lang": "Latgalian",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "prīceigs"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "gāvīsus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "laetus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "priecīgs"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "džiaugsmingas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "zadovolen",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "задоволен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "uruhau"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "ruq",
          "lang": "Megleno-Romanian",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "bucuros"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "nah",
          "lang": "Nahuatl",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "paquini"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "nah",
          "lang": "Nahuatl",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "paqui"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "froo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "schaftich"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "zadowolony"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "usatysfakcjonowany"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "szczęśliwy"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "rad"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "uradowany"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "grato"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "feliz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "alegre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "contente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "bucuros"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "vesel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sčastlívyj",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "счастли́вый"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "rádostnyj",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "ра́достный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "dovólʹnyj",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "дово́льный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "rad",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "рад"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "за̏дово̄љан"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "zȁdovōljan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "rád"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "šťastný"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "vesel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "contento"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "glad"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "nöjd"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "belåten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "tt",
          "lang": "Tatar",
          "roman": "şat",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "шат"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "dii-jai",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "ดีใจ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "กระหยิ่ม"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "กรุ้มกริ่ม"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "chʉ̂ʉn",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "ชื่น"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "ban-təəng",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "บันเทิง"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "ปราโมทย์"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "bprìm",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "ปริ่ม"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "ปรีดา"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "bplʉ̂ʉm",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "ปลื้ม"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "bpì-dtì",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "ปิติ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "หฤหรรษ์"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "bpreem",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "เปรม"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "โสมนัส"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "rádyj",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "ра́дий"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "rádisnyj",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "ра́дісний"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zadovólenyj",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "задово́лений"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "ščaslývyj",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "щасли́вий"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "vui mừng"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "vui lòng"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "vui"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "vo",
          "lang": "Volapük",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "fredik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "wa",
          "lang": "Walloon",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "binåjhe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "wa",
          "lang": "Walloon",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "contin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "tsufridn",
          "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
          "word": "צופֿרידן"
        }
      ]
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        "Having a bright or cheerful appearance; expressing or exciting joy; producing gladness."
      ],
      "id": "en-glad-en-adj--FZST9rb",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) Having a bright or cheerful appearance; expressing or exciting joy; producing gladness."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "predicative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/ɡlæd/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æd"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "GLAAD"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-glad.wav",
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      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ],
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    }
  ],
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}

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      },
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      "name": "root"
    },
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      "args": {
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      },
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    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "gled"
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
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      },
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      "name": "m"
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    {
      "args": {
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
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        "4": "smooth"
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
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      "code": "cs",
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      "code": "fr",
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      "code": "fr",
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      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "code": "ga",
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      "code": "ga",
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      "code": "it",
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      "code": "it",
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      "code": "it",
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      "alt": "うれしい",
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      "code": "ko",
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      "code": "ckb",
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      "code": "lo",
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      "code": "lv",
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      "code": "lt",
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      "code": "mk",
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      "code": "mi",
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      "code": "ruq",
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      "code": "pl",
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      "code": "pl",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "pleased, happy, satisfied",
      "word": "alegre"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "code": "ro",
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      "code": "ro",
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      "code": "ru",
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      "code": "ru",
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      "code": "yi",
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      "args": {
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        "2": "gladiolus"
      },
      "expansion": "Abbreviation of gladiolus",
      "name": "abbrev"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Abbreviation of gladiolus",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "glads",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
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      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English informal terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2008, Lynn Byczynski, The Flower Farmer, page 217",
          "text": "Glads are widely grown as cut flowers both in the United States and abroad.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A gladiolus (plant)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
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          "gladiolus"
        ]
      ],
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        "(informal) A gladiolus (plant)."
      ],
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    }
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    },
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      "tags": [
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      ],
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    },
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      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-glad.wav",
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      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (UK)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "glad"
}

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