happy
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adjective
/ˈhæpi/
(comparative happier, superlative happiest)
feeling/giving pleasure
1 feeling or showing pleasure; pleased
a happy family
a happy smile/face
You don't look very happy today.
He always seemed happy enough.
I've never felt so happy.
Money won't make you happy.
happy to do something We are happy to announce the engagement of our daughter.
happy for somebody I'm very happy for you.
happy (that)… I’m happy (that) you could come.
Synonyms glad
TOPICS Feelings A1
Collocations
verbs
appearbefeel…
adverb
extremelyfairlyvery…
preposition
aboutforwith…
2 giving or causing pleasure
She had a very happy life.
a happy marriage/childhood/occasion
I have many happy memories from that time.
The story has a happy ending.
Those were the happiest days of my life.
It had been a gloriously happy time.
Collocations
verbs
beseem
adverb
extremelyfairlyvery…
See full entry
at celebration
3 if you wish somebody a Happy Birthday, Happy New Year, etc. you mean that you hope they have a pleasant celebration
satisfied
4 satisfied that something is good or right; not anxious
I don't know what you've done, but the boss isn't happy.
I said I'd go just to keep him happy.
happy with somebody/something Are you happy with that arrangement?
I'm not happy with his work this term.
She was happy enough with her performance.
happy about somebody/something If there's anything you're not happy about, come and ask.
happy about somebody/something doing something I'm not too happy about her living alone.
Synonyms happy
willing
5 happy to do something (formal) willing or pleased to do something
I'm perfectly happy to leave it till tomorrow.
People seemed quite happy to help.
He will be more than happy to come with us.
We'd be only too happy to accept your invitation.
TOPICS Feelings A2
lucky
6 ​lucky; successful
SYNONYM fortunate
By a happy coincidence, we arrived at exactly the same time.
He is in the happy position of never having to worry about money.
TOPICS Success C1
suitable
7 ​(formal) (of words, ideas or behaviour) suitable and appropriate for a particular situation
That wasn't the happiest choice of words.
Idioms
(not) a happy camper
a happy event
the happy/golden mean
a/the happy medium
many happy returns (of the day)
Word Origin
Middle English (in the sense ‘lucky’): from the noun hap ‘good fortune’ + -y.